#72AFD8#72AFD8

#72AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.087 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFD8
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -8.69, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 28.19, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0448 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.087 239)
XYZ	xyz(34.6597, 39.1927, 70.6910)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFD8 #D89B72

analogous

#72D8CE #72AFD8 #727CD8

triadic

#72AFD8 #D872AF #AFD872

tetradic

#72AFD8 #CE72D8 #D89B72 #7CD872

square

#72AFD8 #CE72D8 #D89B72 #7CD872

split-complementary

#72AFD8 #D8727C #D8CE72

monochromatic

#2D73A3 #4294CB #72AFD8 #A2CAE5 #D2E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#72AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFD8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFD8	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.087 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e4',
    500: '#72afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afd8;
$custom-light: #a0c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.39195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFD8

secondary

#E4CFC1

accent

#6321C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFD8

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

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