#72ADE2#72ADE2

#72ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.099 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE2
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -4.72, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 32.91, 261.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0391 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.099 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6057, 38.9529, 77.5791)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE2 #E2A772

analogous

#72E2DF #72ADE2 #7275E2

triadic

#72ADE2 #E272AD #ADE272

tetradic

#72ADE2 #DF72E2 #E2A772 #75E272

square

#72ADE2 #DF72E2 #E2A772 #75E272

split-complementary

#72ADE2 #E27275 #E2DF72

monochromatic

#2571B4 #3F8FD8 #72ADE2 #A5CBEC #D8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#72ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.099 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5eb',
    500: '#72ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade2;
$custom-light: #a0c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.393,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72797,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE2

secondary

#EAD7C6

accent

#6E18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE2

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

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