#72AED0#72AED0

#72AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.079 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED0
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -10.39, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 25.51, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0464 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.079 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4566, 38.4012, 65.3115)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED0 #D09472

analogous

#72D0C3 #72AED0 #727FD0

triadic

#72AED0 #D072AE #AED072

tetradic

#72AED0 #C372D0 #D09472 #7FD072

square

#72AED0 #C372D0 #D09472 #7FD072

split-complementary

#72AED0 #D0727F #D0C372

monochromatic

#327296 #4494C1 #72AED0 #A0C8DF #CEE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#72AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED0

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED0	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.079 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6de',
    500: '#72aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed0;
$custom-light: #9fc6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.07948,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED0

secondary

#E0CABE

accent

#5E28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED0

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

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