#72ADE3#72ADE3

#72ADE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE3
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -4.43, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 33.35, 262.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0388 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.1 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7433, 39.0079, 78.3039)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE3 #E3A872

analogous

#72E3E1 #72ADE3 #7275E3

triadic

#72ADE3 #E372AD #ADE372

tetradic

#72ADE3 #E172E3 #E3A872 #75E372

square

#72ADE3 #E172E3 #E3A872 #75E372

split-complementary

#72ADE3 #E37275 #E3E172

monochromatic

#2471B6 #3F8FD9 #72ADE3 #A5CBED #D8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72ADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#72ADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE3

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE3	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5ec',
    500: '#72ade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade3;
$custom-light: #a1c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.673,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE3

secondary

#EAD8C6

accent

#6F17CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE3

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

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