#72AEDB#72AEDB

#72AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.091 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEDB
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -7.29, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 29.63, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0426 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.091 242)
XYZ	xyz(34.8572, 38.9614, 72.6876)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEDB #DB9F72

analogous

#72DBD3 #72AEDB #727ADB

triadic

#72AEDB #DB72AE #AEDB72

tetradic

#72AEDB #D372DB #DB9F72 #7ADB72

square

#72AEDB #D372DB #DB9F72 #7ADB72

split-complementary

#72AEDB #DB727A #DBD372

monochromatic

#2B72A8 #4192CF #72AEDB #A3CAE7 #D4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#72AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEDB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEDB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.091 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e6',
    500: '#72aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aedb;
$custom-light: #a0c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEDB

secondary

#E6D2C3

accent

#671FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEDB

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

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