#72AED7#72AED7

#72AED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.086 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED7
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 215)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -8.43, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 28.05, 252.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0439 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.086 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3369, 38.7533, 69.9475)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED7 #D79B72

analogous

#72D7CD #72AED7 #727CD7

triadic

#72AED7 #D772AE #AED772

tetradic

#72AED7 #CD72D7 #D79B72 #7CD772

square

#72AED7 #CD72D7 #D79B72 #7CD772

split-complementary

#72AED7 #D7727C #D7CD72

monochromatic

#2E72A1 #4293C9 #72AED7 #A2C9E5 #D1E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72AED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#72AED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED7

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.086 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e3',
    500: '#72aed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed7;
$custom-light: #a0c6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.356,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.08634,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED7

secondary

#E4CFC1

accent

#6422C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED7

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

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