#72AFCF#72AFCF

#72AFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.078 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFCF
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -11.21, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 25.02, 243.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.048 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.078 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5279, 38.7400, 64.7302)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFCF #CF9272

analogous

#72CFC0 #72AFCF #7280CF

triadic

#72AFCF #CF72AF #AFCF72

tetradic

#72AFCF #C072CF #CF9272 #80CF72

square

#72AFCF #C072CF #CF9272 #80CF72

split-complementary

#72AFCF #CF7280 #CFC072

monochromatic

#327394 #4495BF #72AFCF #A0C9DF #CDE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72AFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#72AFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFCF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFCF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.078 232.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72438,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFCF

secondary

#DFC9BE

accent

#5C29BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFCF

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

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