#72AFCC#72AFCC

#72AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.076 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFCC
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -12.03, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 24.10, 240.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0491 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.076 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1646, 38.5947, 62.8169)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFCC #CC8F72

analogous

#72CCBC #72AFCC #7282CC

triadic

#72AFCC #CC72AF #AFCC72

tetradic

#72AFCC #BC72CC #CC8F72 #82CC72

square

#72AFCC #BC72CC #CC8F72 #82CC72

split-complementary

#72AFCC #CC7282 #CCBC72

monochromatic

#347290 #4596BC #72AFCC #9FC9DC #CCE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#72AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFCC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFCC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.076 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6db',
    500: '#72afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afcc;
$custom-light: #9fc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72319,
    "c": 0.07575,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFCC

secondary

#DDC7BC

accent

#592BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFCC

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

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