#72AFCA#72AFCA

#72AFCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.074 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFCA
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -12.58, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 23.53, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0498 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.074 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9263, 38.4993, 61.5617)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFCA #CA8D72

analogous

#72CAB9 #72AFCA #7283CA

triadic

#72AFCA #CA72AF #AFCA72

tetradic

#72AFCA #B972CA #CA8D72 #83CA72

square

#72AFCA #B972CA #CA8D72 #83CA72

split-complementary

#72AFCA #CA7283 #CAB972

monochromatic

#35728D #4696B9 #72AFCA #9EC8DB #CBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#72AFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFCA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFCA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.074 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6da',
    500: '#72afca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afca;
$custom-light: #9fc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.409,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFCA

secondary

#DCC6BC

accent

#582DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFCA

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

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