#72ADE6#72ADE6

#72ADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE6
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -3.55, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.69, 264.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0378 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.104 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1609, 39.1750, 80.5036)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE6 #E6AB72

analogous

#72E6E5 #72ADE6 #7273E6

triadic

#72ADE6 #E672AD #ADE672

tetradic

#72ADE6 #E572E6 #E6AB72 #73E672

square

#72ADE6 #E572E6 #E6AB72 #73E672

split-complementary

#72ADE6 #E67273 #E6E572

monochromatic

#2170BC #3E8FDD #72ADE6 #A6CBEF #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#72ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE6	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5ee',
    500: '#72ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade6;
$custom-light: #a1c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.483,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72977,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE6

secondary

#ECDAC8

accent

#7114D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE6

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

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