#72CADE#72CADE

#72CADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.089 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CADE
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -21.18, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 27.89, 220.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0738 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.089 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2397, 51.0890, 76.7810)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CADE #DE8672

analogous

#72DEBC #72CADE #7294DE

triadic

#72CADE #DE72CA #CADE72

tetradic

#72CADE #BC72DE #DE8672 #94DE72

square

#72CADE #BC72DE #DE8672 #94DE72

split-complementary

#72CADE #DE7294 #DEBC72

monochromatic

#2995AD #40B7D2 #72CADE #A4DDEA #D5EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#72CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#72CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CADE

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CADE	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.089 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dae8',
    500: '#72cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cade;
$custom-light: #a1dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79116,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CADE

secondary

#AF5945

accent

#3C1CCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CADE

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

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