#72ADE9#72ADE9

#72ADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADE9
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -2.67, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 36.06, 265.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0369 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.107 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5858, 39.3449, 82.7414)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADE9 #E9AE72

analogous

#72E8E9 #72ADE9 #7272E9

triadic

#72ADE9 #E972AD #ADE972

tetradic

#72ADE9 #E972E8 #E9AE72 #72E972

square

#72ADE9 #E972E8 #E9AE72 #72E972

split-complementary

#72ADE9 #E97272 #E8E972

monochromatic

#1E70C2 #3D8EE1 #72ADE9 #A7CCF1 #DCEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#72ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADE9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADE9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5f0',
    500: '#72ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ade9;
$custom-light: #a1c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.252,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73114,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADE9

secondary

#EEDCC9

accent

#7410D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADE9

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

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