#72AABA#72AABA

#72AABA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.063 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AABA
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -14.17, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 19.92, 224.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0498 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.063 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1740, 35.8701, 51.7785)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AABA #BA8272

analogous

#72BAA6 #72AABA #7286BA

triadic

#72AABA #BA72AA #AABA72

tetradic

#72AABA #A672BA #BA8272 #86BA72

square

#72AABA #A672BA #BA8272 #86BA72

split-complementary

#72AABA #BA7286 #BAA672

monochromatic

#3A6A77 #4E8EA0 #72AABA #9BC3CE #C4DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#72AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AABA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AABA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.063 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc3ce',
    500: '#72aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaba;
$custom-light: #9dc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70499,
    "c": 0.06292,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AABA

secondary

#D2BCB6

accent

#765DCA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AABA

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

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