#72AABC#72AABC

#72AABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.064 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AABC
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -13.65, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 20.29, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.049 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.064 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3881, 35.9557, 52.9061)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AABC #BC8472

analogous

#72BCA9 #72AABC #7285BC

triadic

#72AABC #BC72AA #AABC72

tetradic

#72AABC #A972BC #BC8472 #85BC72

square

#72AABC #A972BC #BC8472 #85BC72

split-complementary

#72AABC #BC7285 #BCA972

monochromatic

#3A6A7A #4E8EA3 #72AABC #9BC3D0 #C5DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#72AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AABC

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AABC	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.064 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec3d0',
    500: '#72aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aabc;
$custom-light: #9ec3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.06408,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AABC

secondary

#D3BDB6

accent

#775CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AABC

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

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