#72ACCE#72ACCE

#72ACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.078 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACCE
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -9.87, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 25.18, 246.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0447 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.078 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8286, 37.5364, 63.8959)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACCE #CE9472

analogous

#72CEC2 #72ACCE #727ECE

triadic

#72ACCE #CE72AC #ACCE72

tetradic

#72ACCE #C272CE #CE9472 #7ECE72

square

#72ACCE #C272CE #CE9472 #7ECE72

split-complementary

#72ACCE #CE727E #CEC272

monochromatic

#336F93 #4591BE #72ACCE #9FC7DE #CDE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72ACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#72ACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACCE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACCE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.078 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4dd',
    500: '#72acce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acce;
$custom-light: #9fc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71725,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACCE

secondary

#DFCABD

accent

#602ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACCE

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

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