#72ACC2#72ACC2

#72ACC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.068 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACC2
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -13.13, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 21.62, 232.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0492 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.068 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4262, 36.9754, 56.5095)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACC2 #C28872

analogous

#72C2B0 #72ACC2 #7284C2

triadic

#72ACC2 #C272AC #ACC272

tetradic

#72ACC2 #B072C2 #C28872 #84C272

square

#72ACC2 #B072C2 #C28872 #84C272

split-complementary

#72ACC2 #C27284 #C2B072

monochromatic

#386D82 #4B91AC #72ACC2 #9DC5D4 #C7DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72ACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#72ACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACC2

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACC2	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.068 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d4',
    500: '#72acc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acc2;
$custom-light: #9ec4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACC2

secondary

#D7C1B9

accent

#5633B3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACC2

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

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