#72AEBE#72AEBE

#72AEBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.066 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEBE
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -15.25, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 20.90, 223.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0532 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.066 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3665, 37.5651, 54.3032)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEBE #BE8272

analogous

#72BEA8 #72AEBE #7288BE

triadic

#72AEBE #BE72AE #AEBE72

tetradic

#72AEBE #A872BE #BE8272 #88BE72

square

#72AEBE #A872BE #BE8272 #88BE72

split-complementary

#72AEBE #BE7288 #BEA872

monochromatic

#396E7C #4D93A6 #72AEBE #9CC6D1 #C6DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#72AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEBE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEBE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.066 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6d1',
    500: '#72aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aebe;
$custom-light: #9ec6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.06615,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEBE

secondary

#D5BDB7

accent

#735BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEBE

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

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