#72AED6#72AED6

#72AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.085 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED6
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -8.71, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 27.67, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0443 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.085 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2088, 38.7021, 69.2729)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED6 #D69A72

analogous

#72D6CC #72AED6 #727CD6

triadic

#72AED6 #D672AE #AED672

tetradic

#72AED6 #CC72D6 #D69A72 #7CD672

square

#72AED6 #CC72D6 #D69A72 #7CD672

split-complementary

#72AED6 #D6727C #D6CC72

monochromatic

#2E729F #4393C8 #72AED6 #A1C9E4 #D1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#72AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED6	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.085 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6e2',
    500: '#72aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed6;
$custom-light: #9fc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72501,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED6

secondary

#E3CEC1

accent

#6323C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED6

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

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