#72AEDF#72AEDF

#72AEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEDF
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(207, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -6.14, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 31.29, 258.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0412 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.095 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3901, 39.1746, 75.4943)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEDF #DFA372

analogous

#72DFD9 #72AEDF #7277DF

triadic

#72AEDF #DF72AE #AEDF72

tetradic

#72AEDF #D972DF #DFA372 #77DF72

square

#72AEDF #D972DF #DFA372 #77DF72

split-complementary

#72AEDF #DF7277 #DFD972

monochromatic

#2872AF #4091D4 #72AEDF #A4CBEA #D6E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#72AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEDF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEDF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e9',
    500: '#72aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aedf;
$custom-light: #a0c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.972,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEDF

secondary

#E8D5C4

accent

#6A1BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEDF

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

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