#72ADE0#72ADE0

#72ADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.097 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE0
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -5.30, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 32.04, 260.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0397 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.097 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3328, 38.8437, 76.1423)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE0 #E0A572

analogous

#72E0DC #72ADE0 #7276E0

triadic

#72ADE0 #E072AD #ADE072

tetradic

#72ADE0 #DC72E0 #E0A572 #76E072

square

#72ADE0 #DC72E0 #E0A572 #76E072

split-complementary

#72ADE0 #E07276 #E0DC72

monochromatic

#2771B1 #4090D5 #72ADE0 #A4CAEB #D6E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#72ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.097 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5ea',
    500: '#72ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade0;
$custom-light: #a0c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.818,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE0

secondary

#E9D6C5

accent

#6C1ACC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE0

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

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