#72AABE#72AABE

#72AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.065 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AABE
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -13.12, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 20.71, 230.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0482 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.065 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6052, 36.0426, 54.0494)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AABE #BE8672

analogous

#72BEAC #72AABE #7284BE

triadic

#72AABE #BE72AA #AABE72

tetradic

#72AABE #AC72BE #BE8672 #84BE72

square

#72AABE #AC72BE #BE8672 #84BE72

split-complementary

#72AABE #BE7284 #BEAC72

monochromatic

#396B7C #4D8FA6 #72AABE #9CC3D1 #C6DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#72AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AABE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AABE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.065 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec3d1',
    500: '#72aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aabe;
$custom-light: #9ec3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70648,
    "c": 0.06535,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AABE

secondary

#D5BFB7

accent

#795BCD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AABE

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

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