#72AFDB#72AFDB

#72AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.090 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFDB
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -7.84, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 29.36, 254.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0437 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.09 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0511, 39.3492, 72.7522)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFDB #DB9E72

analogous

#72DBD3 #72AFDB #727ADB

triadic

#72AFDB #DB72AF #AFDB72

tetradic

#72AFDB #D372DB #DB9E72 #7ADB72

square

#72AFDB #D372DB #DB9E72 #7ADB72

split-complementary

#72AFDB #DB727A #DBD372

monochromatic

#2B73A8 #4193CF #72AFDB #A3CBE7 #D4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#72AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFDB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFDB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.090 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e6',
    500: '#72afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afdb;
$custom-light: #a0c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72933,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFDB

secondary

#E6D2C3

accent

#651FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFDB

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

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