#72AFDF#72AFDF

#72AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.094 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFDF
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -6.69, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 30.98, 257.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0424 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.094 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5840, 39.5624, 75.5589)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFDF #DFA272

analogous

#72DFD8 #72AFDF #7278DF

triadic

#72AFDF #DF72AF #AFDF72

tetradic

#72AFDF #D872DF #DFA272 #78DF72

square

#72AFDF #D872DF #DFA272 #78DF72

split-complementary

#72AFDF #DF7278 #DFD872

monochromatic

#2873AF #4093D4 #72AFDF #A4CBEA #D6E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#72AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFDF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFDF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.094 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6e9',
    500: '#72afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afdf;
$custom-light: #a0c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.422,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73105,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFDF

secondary

#E8D4C4

accent

#681BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFDF

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

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