#72AEBA#72AEBA

#72AEBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.064 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEBA
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -16.28, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 20.39, 217.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0548 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.064 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9353, 37.3927, 52.0323)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEBA #BA7E72

analogous

#72BAA2 #72AEBA #728ABA

triadic

#72AEBA #BA72AE #AEBA72

tetradic

#72AEBA #A272BA #BA7E72 #8ABA72

square

#72AEBA #A272BA #BA7E72 #8ABA72

split-complementary

#72AEBA #BA728A #BAA272

monochromatic

#3A6D77 #4E93A0 #72AEBA #9BC6CE #C4DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72AEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#72AEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEBA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEBA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.064 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6ce',
    500: '#72aeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeba;
$custom-light: #9ec6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.06434,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEBA

secondary

#D2BAB6

accent

#705DCA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEBA

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

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