#72AEDC#72AEDC

#72AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.092 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEDC
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -7.01, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 30.04, 256.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0422 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.092 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9892, 39.0142, 73.3830)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEDC #DCA072

analogous

#72DCD5 #72AEDC #7279DC

triadic

#72AEDC #DC72AE #AEDC72

tetradic

#72AEDC #D572DC #DCA072 #79DC72

square

#72AEDC #D572DC #DCA072 #79DC72

split-complementary

#72AEDC #DC7279 #DCD572

monochromatic

#2A72AA #4192D0 #72AEDC #A3CAE8 #D4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#72AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEDC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEDC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.092 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e7',
    500: '#72aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aedc;
$custom-light: #a0c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72755,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEDC

secondary

#E7D3C3

accent

#681EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEDC

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

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