#72ACE0#72ACE0

#72ACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACE0
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -4.75, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 32.38, 261.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0386 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.097 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1418, 38.4617, 76.0786)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACE0 #E0A672

analogous

#72E0DD #72ACE0 #7275E0

triadic

#72ACE0 #E072AC #ACE072

tetradic

#72ACE0 #DD72E0 #E0A672 #75E072

square

#72ACE0 #DD72E0 #E0A672 #75E072

split-complementary

#72ACE0 #E07275 #E0DD72

monochromatic

#2770B1 #408ED5 #72ACE0 #A4CAEB #D6E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#72ACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACE0

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACE0	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4ea',
    500: '#72ace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ace0;
$custom-light: #a0c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.364,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACE0

secondary

#E9D6C5

accent

#6E1ACC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACE0

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

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