#72AEC2#72AEC2

#72AEC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.068 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEC2
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -14.19, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 21.62, 228.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0517 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.068 221)
XYZ	xyz(31.8097, 37.7424, 56.6373)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEC2 #C28672

analogous

#72C2AE #72AEC2 #7286C2

triadic

#72AEC2 #C272AE #AEC272

tetradic

#72AEC2 #AE72C2 #C28672 #86C272

square

#72AEC2 #AE72C2 #C28672 #86C272

split-complementary

#72AEC2 #C27286 #C2AE72

monochromatic

#386F82 #4B94AC #72AEC2 #9DC7D4 #C7DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#72AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEC2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEC2	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.068 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6d4',
    500: '#72aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aec2;
$custom-light: #9ec6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.37745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEC2

secondary

#D7C0B9

accent

#5333B3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEC2

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

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