#72ADE4#72ADE4

#72ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE4
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -4.14, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 33.79, 262.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0384 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.101 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8817, 39.0633, 79.0329)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE4 #E4A972

analogous

#72E4E2 #72ADE4 #7274E4

triadic

#72ADE4 #E472AD #ADE472

tetradic

#72ADE4 #E272E4 #E4A972 #74E472

square

#72ADE4 #E272E4 #E4A972 #74E472

split-complementary

#72ADE4 #E47274 #E4E272

monochromatic

#2370B8 #3F8FDA #72ADE4 #A5CBEE #D9E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#72ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE4

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE4	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5ec',
    500: '#72ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade4;
$custom-light: #a1c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72887,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE4

secondary

#EBD8C7

accent

#6F16D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE4

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

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