#72ACE2#72ACE2

#72ACE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACE2
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -4.17, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 33.26, 262.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0379 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.1 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4146, 38.5708, 77.5155)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACE2 #E2A872

analogous

#72E2E0 #72ACE2 #7274E2

triadic

#72ACE2 #E272AC #ACE272

tetradic

#72ACE2 #E072E2 #E2A872 #74E272

square

#72ACE2 #E072E2 #E2A872 #74E272

split-complementary

#72ACE2 #E27274 #E2E072

monochromatic

#256FB4 #3F8ED8 #72ACE2 #A5CAEC #D8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#72ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACE2

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACE2	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4eb',
    500: '#72ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ace2;
$custom-light: #a0c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.929,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACE2

secondary

#EAD7C6

accent

#7018CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACE2

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

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