#72AFDC#72AFDC

#72AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.091 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFDC
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -7.55, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 29.75, 255.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0434 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.091 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1831, 39.4020, 73.4476)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFDC #DC9F72

analogous

#72DCD4 #72AFDC #727ADC

triadic

#72AFDC #DC72AF #AFDC72

tetradic

#72AFDC #D472DC #DC9F72 #7ADC72

square

#72AFDC #D472DC #DC9F72 #7ADC72

split-complementary

#72AFDC #DC727A #DCD472

monochromatic

#2A73AA #4193D0 #72AFDC #A3CBE8 #D4E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#72AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFDC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFDC	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.091 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e7',
    500: '#72afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afdc;
$custom-light: #a0c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.472,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFDC

secondary

#E7D2C3

accent

#661EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFDC

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

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