#72AAEA#72AAEA

#72AAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAEA
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -0.70, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 37.73, 268.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0331 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.111 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1603, 38.2646, 83.3063)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAEA #EAB272

analogous

#72E6EA #72AAEA #7672EA

triadic

#72AAEA #EA72AA #AAEA72

tetradic

#72AAEA #EA72E6 #EAB272 #72EA76

square

#72AAEA #EA72E6 #EAB272 #72EA76

split-complementary

#72AAEA #EA7672 #E6EA72

monochromatic

#1D6BC4 #3D8AE2 #72AAEA #A7CAF2 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72AAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#72AAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAEA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAEA	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3f1',
    500: '#72aaea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaea;
$custom-light: #a1c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAEA

secondary

#EEDDCA

accent

#790FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAEA

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

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