#72ADEB#72ADEB

#72ADEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADEB
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 235)
HSL	hsl(211, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -2.07, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 36.98, 266.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0363 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.11 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8732, 39.4599, 84.2546)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADEB #EBB072

analogous

#72E9EB #72ADEB #7372EB

triadic

#72ADEB #EB72AD #ADEB72

tetradic

#72ADEB #EB72E9 #EBB072 #72EB73

square

#72ADEB #EB72E9 #EBB072 #72EB73

split-complementary

#72ADEB #EB7372 #E9EB72

monochromatic

#1C6FC6 #3C8EE3 #72ADEB #A8CCF3 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72ADEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#72ADEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADEB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADEB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 250.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.744,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADEB

secondary

#EFDDCA

accent

#750ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADEB

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

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