#72AAC1#72AAC1

#72AAC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.067 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAC1
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 193)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -12.33, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 21.44, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0471 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.067 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9364, 36.1751, 55.7941)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAC1 #C18972

analogous

#72C1B0 #72AAC1 #7283C1

triadic

#72AAC1 #C172AA #AAC172

tetradic

#72AAC1 #B072C1 #C18972 #83C172

square

#72AAC1 #B072C1 #C18972 #83C172

split-complementary

#72AAC1 #C17283 #C1B072

monochromatic

#386B80 #4B8FAB #72AAC1 #9DC4D4 #C7DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#72AAC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#72AAC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAC1

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAC1	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aac1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.067 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec3d3',
    500: '#72aac1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aac1;
$custom-light: #9ec3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aac1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70762,
    "c": 0.06746,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAC1

secondary

#D7C1B8

accent

#5834B2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAC1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →