#72ADDD#72ADDD

#72ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.093 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADDD
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -6.17, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 30.76, 258.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0407 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.093 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9296, 38.6824, 74.0184)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADDD #DDA272

analogous

#72DDD7 #72ADDD #7277DD

triadic

#72ADDD #DD72AD #ADDD72

tetradic

#72ADDD #D772DD #DDA272 #77DD72

square

#72ADDD #D772DD #DDA272 #77DD72

split-complementary

#72ADDD #DD7277 #DDD772

monochromatic

#2971AB #4190D1 #72ADDD #A3CAE9 #D5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#72ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADDD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADDD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.093 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5e7',
    500: '#72addd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72addd;
$custom-light: #a0c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.916,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADDD

secondary

#E7D4C4

accent

#6A1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADDD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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