#72AECD#72AECD

#72AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.077 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AECD
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -11.22, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 24.53, 242.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0475 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.077 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0910, 38.2550, 63.3860)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AECD #CD9172

analogous

#72CDBF #72AECD #7280CD

triadic

#72AECD #CD72AE #AECD72

tetradic

#72AECD #BF72CD #CD9172 #80CD72

square

#72AECD #BF72CD #CD9172 #80CD72

split-complementary

#72AECD #CD7280 #CDBF72

monochromatic

#337191 #4594BD #72AECD #9FC8DD #CCE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#72AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AECD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AECD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.077 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6dc',
    500: '#72aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aecd;
$custom-light: #9fc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.44,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AECD

secondary

#DEC8BD

accent

#5C2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AECD

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

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