#72AEBD#72AEBD

#72AEBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.066 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEBD
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -15.51, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 20.75, 221.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0536 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.066 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2575, 37.5216, 53.7295)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEBD #BD8172

analogous

#72BDA7 #72AEBD #7289BD

triadic

#72AEBD #BD72AE #AEBD72

tetradic

#72AEBD #A772BD #BD8172 #89BD72

square

#72AEBD #A772BD #BD8172 #89BD72

split-complementary

#72AEBD #BD7289 #BDA772

monochromatic

#3A6E7B #4D93A5 #72AEBD #9CC6D1 #C5DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#72AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEBD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEBD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.066 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6d0',
    500: '#72aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aebd;
$custom-light: #9ec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.06565,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEBD

secondary

#D4BDB7

accent

#725CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEBD

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

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