#72ACEA#72ACEA

#72ACEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACEA
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -1.81, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 36.91, 267.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0354 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.109 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5381, 39.0202, 83.4322)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACEA #EAB072

analogous

#72E8EA #72ACEA #7472EA

triadic

#72ACEA #EA72AC #ACEA72

tetradic

#72ACEA #EA72E8 #EAB072 #72EA74

square

#72ACEA #EA72E8 #EAB072 #72EA74

split-complementary

#72ACEA #EA7472 #E8EA72

monochromatic

#1D6EC4 #3D8DE2 #72ACEA #A7CBF2 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72ACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#72ACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACEA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACEA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4f1',
    500: '#72acea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acea;
$custom-light: #a1c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACEA

secondary

#EEDDCA

accent

#760FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACEA

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

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