#72AACE#72AACE

#72AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.079 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AACE
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -8.78, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 25.59, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0423 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.079 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4509, 36.7809, 63.7700)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AACE #CE9672

analogous

#72CEC4 #72AACE #727CCE

triadic

#72AACE #CE72AA #AACE72

tetradic

#72AACE #C472CE #CE9672 #7CCE72

square

#72AACE #C472CE #CE9672 #7CCE72

split-complementary

#72AACE #CE727C #CEC472

monochromatic

#336D93 #458FBE #72AACE #9FC5DE #CDE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#72AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AACE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AACE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.079 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc3dd',
    500: '#72aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aace;
$custom-light: #9fc3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71277,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AACE

secondary

#DFCABD

accent

#632ABC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AACE

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

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