#72AECE#72AECE

#72AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.078 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AECE
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -10.95, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 24.85, 243.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0471 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.078 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2121, 38.3034, 64.0237)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AECE #CE9272

analogous

#72CEC0 #72AECE #7280CE

triadic

#72AECE #CE72AE #AECE72

tetradic

#72AECE #C072CE #CE9272 #80CE72

square

#72AECE #C072CE #CE9272 #80CE72

split-complementary

#72AECE #CE7280 #CEC072

monochromatic

#337193 #4594BE #72AECE #9FC8DE #CDE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#72AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AECE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AECE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.078 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6dd',
    500: '#72aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aece;
$custom-light: #9fc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72174,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AECE

secondary

#DFC9BD

accent

#5D2ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AECE

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

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