#72AED8#72AED8

#72AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED8
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -8.15, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 28.44, 253.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0436 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.087 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4658, 38.8049, 70.6263)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED8 #D89C72

analogous

#72D8CF #72AED8 #727BD8

triadic

#72AED8 #D872AE #AED872

tetradic

#72AED8 #CF72D8 #D89C72 #7BD872

square

#72AED8 #CF72D8 #D89C72 #7BD872

split-complementary

#72AED8 #D8727B #D8CF72

monochromatic

#2D72A3 #4292CB #72AED8 #A2CAE5 #D2E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#72AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e4',
    500: '#72aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed8;
$custom-light: #a0c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.08736,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED8

secondary

#E4D0C1

accent

#6421C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED8

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

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