#72AFCD#72AFCD

#72AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.077 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFCD
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -11.76, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 24.40, 241.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0487 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.077 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2850, 38.6428, 63.4506)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFCD #CD9072

analogous

#72CDBD #72AFCD #7282CD

triadic

#72AFCD #CD72AF #AFCD72

tetradic

#72AFCD #BD72CD #CD9072 #82CD72

square

#72AFCD #BD72CD #CD9072 #82CD72

split-complementary

#72AFCD #CD7282 #CDBD72

monochromatic

#337291 #4595BD #72AFCD #9FC9DD #CCE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#72AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFCD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFCD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.077 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6dc',
    500: '#72afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afcd;
$custom-light: #9fc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.78,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72359,
    "c": 0.07659,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFCD

secondary

#DEC8BD

accent

#5A2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFCD

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

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