#72AEDA#72AEDA

#72AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.089 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEDA
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -7.58, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 29.23, 254.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0429 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.089 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7259, 38.9089, 71.9963)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEDA #DA9E72

analogous

#72DAD2 #72AEDA #727ADA

triadic

#72AEDA #DA72AE #AEDA72

tetradic

#72AEDA #D272DA #DA9E72 #7ADA72

square

#72AEDA #D272DA #DA9E72 #7ADA72

split-complementary

#72AEDA #DA727A #DAD272

monochromatic

#2C72A6 #4292CD #72AEDA #A2CAE7 #D3E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#72AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEDA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEDA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.089 241.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72669,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEDA

secondary

#E6D1C2

accent

#661FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEDA

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

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