#72AED3#72AED3

#72AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.082 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED3
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -9.56, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 26.56, 248.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0453 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.082 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8292, 38.5502, 67.2737)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED3 #D39772

analogous

#72D3C7 #72AED3 #727DD3

triadic

#72AED3 #D372AE #AED372

tetradic

#72AED3 #C772D3 #D39772 #7DD372

square

#72AED3 #C772D3 #D39772 #7DD372

split-complementary

#72AED3 #D3727D #D3C772

monochromatic

#30729A #4393C4 #72AED3 #A1C9E2 #CFE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#72AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.082 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6e0',
    500: '#72aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed3;
$custom-light: #9fc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED3

secondary

#E2CCBF

accent

#6026C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED3

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

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