#72ADEA#72ADEA

#72ADEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADEA
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -2.37, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 36.52, 266.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0366 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.108 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7291, 39.4022, 83.4959)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADEA #EAAF72

analogous

#72E9EA #72ADEA #7372EA

triadic

#72ADEA #EA72AD #ADEA72

tetradic

#72ADEA #EA72E9 #EAAF72 #72EA73

square

#72ADEA #EA72E9 #EAAF72 #72EA73

split-complementary

#72ADEA #EA7372 #E9EA72

monochromatic

#1D6FC4 #3D8EE2 #72ADEA #A7CCF2 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72ADEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#72ADEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADEA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADEA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5f1',
    500: '#72adea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adea;
$custom-light: #a1c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADEA

secondary

#EEDCCA

accent

#740FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADEA

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

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