#72AECF#72AECF

#72AECF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.079 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AECF
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -10.67, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 25.18, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0468 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.079 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3340, 38.3521, 64.6656)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AECF #CF9372

analogous

#72CFC1 #72AECF #7280CF

triadic

#72AECF #CF72AE #AECF72

tetradic

#72AECF #C172CF #CF9372 #80CF72

square

#72AECF #C172CF #CF9372 #80CF72

split-complementary

#72AECF #CF7280 #CFC172

monochromatic

#327194 #4494BF #72AECF #A0C8DF #CDE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72AECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#72AECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AECF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AECF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.079 233.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72214,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AECF

secondary

#DFCABE

accent

#5D29BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AECF

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

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