#72AFCE#72AFCE

#72AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.077 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFCE
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -11.48, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 24.71, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0483 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.077 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4060, 38.6912, 64.0884)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFCE #CE9172

analogous

#72CEBF #72AFCE #7281CE

triadic

#72AFCE #CE72AF #AFCE72

tetradic

#72AFCE #BF72CE #CE9172 #81CE72

square

#72AFCE #BF72CE #CE9172 #81CE72

split-complementary

#72AFCE #CE7281 #CEBF72

monochromatic

#337293 #4595BE #72AFCE #9FC9DE #CDE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#72AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFCE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFCE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.077 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6dd',
    500: '#72afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afce;
$custom-light: #9fc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.217,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.07744,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFCE

secondary

#DFC8BD

accent

#5B2ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFCE

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

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