#72AED5#72AED5

#72AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.084 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED5
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -9.00, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 27.30, 250.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0446 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.084 238)
XYZ	xyz(34.0815, 38.6511, 68.6024)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED5 #D59972

analogous

#72D5CA #72AED5 #727DD5

triadic

#72AED5 #D572AE #AED572

tetradic

#72AED5 #CA72D5 #D59972 #7DD572

square

#72AED5 #CA72D5 #D59972 #7DD572

split-complementary

#72AED5 #D5727D #D5CA72

monochromatic

#2F729E #4393C7 #72AED5 #A1C9E3 #D0E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#72AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED5

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED5	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.084 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6e2',
    500: '#72aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed5;
$custom-light: #9fc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED5

secondary

#E3CEC0

accent

#6224C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED5

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

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