#72AEC0#72AEC0

#72AEC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.067 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEC0
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -14.72, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 21.24, 226.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0524 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.067 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5866, 37.6532, 55.4623)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEC0 #C08472

analogous

#72C0AB #72AEC0 #7287C0

triadic

#72AEC0 #C072AE #AEC072

tetradic

#72AEC0 #AB72C0 #C08472 #87C072

square

#72AEC0 #AB72C0 #C08472 #87C072

split-complementary

#72AEC0 #C07287 #C0AB72

monochromatic

#396F7F #4C94A9 #72AEC0 #9CC6D3 #C7DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#72AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEC0

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEC0	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.067 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6d3',
    500: '#72aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aec0;
$custom-light: #9ec6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.06724,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEC0

secondary

#D6BFB8

accent

#755ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEC0

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

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