#72AAEC#72AAEC

#72AAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAEC
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -0.10, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 38.69, 269.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0326 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.113 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4492, 38.3802, 84.8280)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAEC #ECB472

analogous

#72E7EC #72AAEC #7772EC

triadic

#72AAEC #EC72AA #AAEC72

tetradic

#72AAEC #EC72E7 #ECB472 #72EC77

square

#72AAEC #EC72E7 #ECB472 #72EC77

split-complementary

#72AAEC #EC7772 #E7EC72

monochromatic

#1B6BC9 #3C89E5 #72AAEC #A8CBF3 #DEEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72AAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#72AAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAEC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAEC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3f2',
    500: '#72aaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaec;
$custom-light: #a1c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.459,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAEC

secondary

#EFDECB

accent

#7B0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAEC

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

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