#72AED2#72AED2

#72AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.081 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED2
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -9.84, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 26.21, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0457 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.081 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7042, 38.5002, 66.6155)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED2 #D29672

analogous

#72D2C6 #72AED2 #727ED2

triadic

#72AED2 #D272AE #AED272

tetradic

#72AED2 #C672D2 #D29672 #7ED272

square

#72AED2 #C672D2 #D29672 #7ED272

split-complementary

#72AED2 #D2727E #D2C672

monochromatic

#317299 #4493C3 #72AED2 #A0C9E1 #CFE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#72AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.081 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6e0',
    500: '#72aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed2;
$custom-light: #9fc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED2

secondary

#E1CCBF

accent

#6026BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED2

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

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