#72ADE7#72ADE7

#72ADE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE7
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 231)
HSL	hsl(210, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -3.26, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 35.14, 264.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0375 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.105 249)
XYZ	xyz(36.3018, 39.2313, 81.2452)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE7 #E7AC72

analogous

#72E7E7 #72ADE7 #7272E7

triadic

#72ADE7 #E772AD #ADE772

tetradic

#72ADE7 #E772E7 #E7AC72 #72E772

square

#72ADE7 #E772E7 #E7AC72 #72E772

split-complementary

#72ADE7 #E77272 #E7E772

monochromatic

#2070BE #3E8FDE #72ADE7 #A6CBF0 #DBEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72ADE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#72ADE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE7	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5ef',
    500: '#72ade7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade7;
$custom-light: #a1c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.744,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73022,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.39234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE7

secondary

#EDDAC8

accent

#7213D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE7

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

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