#72AED9#72AED9

#72AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.088 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AED9
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -7.86, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 28.83, 254.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0432 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.088 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5955, 38.8567, 71.3093)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AED9 #D99D72

analogous

#72D9D1 #72AED9 #727AD9

triadic

#72AED9 #D972AE #AED972

tetradic

#72AED9 #D172D9 #D99D72 #7AD972

square

#72AED9 #D172D9 #D99D72 #7AD972

split-complementary

#72AED9 #D9727A #D9D172

monochromatic

#2C72A4 #4292CC #72AED9 #A2CAE6 #D2E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#72AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AED9

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AED9	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.088 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e5',
    500: '#72aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aed9;
$custom-light: #a0c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.049,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72627,
    "c": 0.08841,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AED9

secondary

#E5D1C2

accent

#6520C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AED9

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

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