#72AFD2#72AFD2

#72AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.081 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFD2
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -10.38, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 26.02, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0469 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.081 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8982, 38.8881, 66.6801)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFD2 #D29572

analogous

#72D2C5 #72AFD2 #727FD2

triadic

#72AFD2 #D272AF #AFD272

tetradic

#72AFD2 #C572D2 #D29572 #7FD272

square

#72AFD2 #C572D2 #D29572 #7FD272

split-complementary

#72AFD2 #D2727F #D2C572

monochromatic

#317399 #4495C3 #72AFD2 #A0C9E1 #CFE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#72AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFD2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFD2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.081 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6df',
    500: '#72afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afd2;
$custom-light: #9fc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.875,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFD2

secondary

#E1CBBF

accent

#5E26BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFD2

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

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