#72AEDD#72AEDD

#72AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.093 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEDD
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -6.72, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 30.45, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0419 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.093 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1220, 39.0674, 74.0826)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEDD #DDA172

analogous

#72DDD6 #72AEDD #7278DD

triadic

#72AEDD #DD72AE #AEDD72

tetradic

#72AEDD #D672DD #DDA172 #78DD72

square

#72AEDD #D672DD #DDA172 #78DD72

split-complementary

#72AEDD #DD7278 #DDD672

monochromatic

#2972AB #4192D1 #72AEDD #A3CAE9 #D5E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#72AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEDD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEDD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.093 243.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.355,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72798,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEDD

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#681DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEDD

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

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