#72AECC#72AECC

#72AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.076 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AECC
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -11.50, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 24.22, 241.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0479 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.076 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9707, 38.2068, 62.7523)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AECC #CC9072

analogous

#72CCBD #72AECC #7281CC

triadic

#72AECC #CC72AE #AECC72

tetradic

#72AECC #BD72CC #CC9072 #81CC72

square

#72AECC #BD72CC #CC9072 #81CC72

split-complementary

#72AECC #CC7281 #CCBD72

monochromatic

#347190 #4594BC #72AECC #9FC8DC #CCE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#72AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AECC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AECC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.076 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6db',
    500: '#72aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aecc;
$custom-light: #9fc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AECC

secondary

#DDC7BC

accent

#5B2BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AECC

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

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