#72AECB#72AECB

#72AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.075 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AECB
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -11.77, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 23.91, 240.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0482 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.075 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.8512, 38.1590, 62.1227)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AECB #CB8F72

analogous

#72CBBC #72AECB #7281CB

triadic

#72AECB #CB72AE #AECB72

tetradic

#72AECB #BC72CB #CB8F72 #81CB72

square

#72AECB #BC72CB #CB8F72 #81CB72

split-complementary

#72AECB #CB7281 #CBBC72

monochromatic

#34718E #4594BB #72AECB #9FC8DB #CBE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#72AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AECB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AECB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.075 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6da',
    500: '#72aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aecb;
$custom-light: #9fc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.551,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72054,
    "c": 0.07506,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.38161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AECB

secondary

#DDC7BC

accent

#5A2CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AECB

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

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