#72AFDA#72AFDA

#72AFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.089 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFDA
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 218)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -8.12, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 28.96, 253.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0441 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.089 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9198, 39.2967, 72.0610)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFDA #DA9D72

analogous

#72DAD1 #72AFDA #727BDA

triadic

#72AFDA #DA72AF #AFDA72

tetradic

#72AFDA #D172DA #DA9D72 #7BDA72

square

#72AFDA #D172DA #DA9D72 #7BDA72

split-complementary

#72AFDA #DA727B #DAD172

monochromatic

#2C73A6 #4293CD #72AFDA #A2CBE7 #D3E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72AFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#72AFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFDA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFDA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.089 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e5',
    500: '#72afda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afda;
$custom-light: #a0c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.808,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFDA

secondary

#E6D1C2

accent

#641FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFDA

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

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