#72AAEB#72AAEB

#72AAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAEB
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -0.40, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 38.21, 269.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0329 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.112 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3043, 38.3222, 84.0650)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAEB #EBB372

analogous

#72E7EB #72AAEB #7672EB

triadic

#72AAEB #EB72AA #AAEB72

tetradic

#72AAEB #EB72E7 #EBB372 #72EB76

square

#72AAEB #EB72E7 #EBB372 #72EB76

split-complementary

#72AAEB #EB7672 #E7EB72

monochromatic

#1C6BC6 #3C8AE3 #72AAEB #A8CAF3 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72AAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#72AAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAEB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAEB	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 252.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.231,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72558,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAEB

secondary

#EFDECA

accent

#7A0ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAEB

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

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