#72ACEC#72ACEC

#72ACEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACEC
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 236)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -1.22, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 37.85, 268.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0348 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.112 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8270, 39.1357, 84.9539)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACEC #ECB272

analogous

#72E9EC #72ACEC #7572EC

triadic

#72ACEC #EC72AC #ACEC72

tetradic

#72ACEC #EC72E9 #ECB272 #72EC75

square

#72ACEC #EC72E9 #ECB272 #72EC75

split-complementary

#72ACEC #EC7572 #E9EC72

monochromatic

#1B6EC9 #3C8CE5 #72ACEC #A8CCF3 #DEEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72ACEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#72ACEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACEC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACEC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4f2',
    500: '#72acec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acec;
$custom-light: #a1c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.475,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73036,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACEC

secondary

#EFDECB

accent

#780DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACEC

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

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