#72ADFD#72ADFD

#72ADFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADFD
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 253)
HSL	hsl(215, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 3.37, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 45.61, 274.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0312 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.132 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6064, 40.5532, 98.6499)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADFD #FDC272

analogous

#72F3FD #72ADFD #7D72FD

triadic

#72ADFD #FD72AD #ADFD72

tetradic

#72ADFD #FD72F3 #FDC272 #72FD7D

square

#72ADFD #FD72F3 #FDC272 #72FD7D

split-complementary

#72ADFD #FD7D72 #F3FD72

monochromatic

#0368F1 #368AFC #72ADFD #AED0FE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72ADFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#72ADFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADFD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADFD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CB2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fe',
    500: '#72adfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adfd;
$custom-light: #a3c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.532,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74072,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADFD

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADFD

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

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