#72AFDD#72AFDD

#72AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.092 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFDD
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -7.27, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 30.16, 256.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0431 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.092 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3160, 39.4552, 74.1472)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFDD #DDA072

analogous

#72DDD5 #72AFDD #7279DD

triadic

#72AFDD #DD72AF #AFDD72

tetradic

#72AFDD #D572DD #DDA072 #79DD72

square

#72AFDD #D572DD #DDA072 #79DD72

split-complementary

#72AFDD #DD7279 #DDD572

monochromatic

#2973AB #4193D1 #72AFDD #A3CBE9 #D5E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#72AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFDD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFDD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.092 242.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.794,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFDD

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#671DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFDD

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

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