#72AEBF#72AEBF

#72AEBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.067 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEBF
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -14.98, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 21.06, 224.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0528 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.067 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4761, 37.6090, 54.8808)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEBF #BF8372

analogous

#72BFAA #72AEBF #7287BF

triadic

#72AEBF #BF72AE #AEBF72

tetradic

#72AEBF #AA72BF #BF8372 #87BF72

square

#72AEBF #AA72BF #BF8372 #87BF72

split-complementary

#72AEBF #BF7287 #BFAA72

monochromatic

#396E7E #4C93A8 #72AEBF #9CC6D2 #C6DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#72AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEBF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEBF	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.067 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6d2',
    500: '#72aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aebf;
$custom-light: #9ec6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.06668,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEBF

secondary

#D5BEB8

accent

#745ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEBF

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

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