#72AEEC#72AEEC

#72AEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEEC
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -2.33, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 37.05, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0371 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.11 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2105, 39.9027, 85.0818)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEEC #ECB072

analogous

#72EBEC #72AEEC #7372EC

triadic

#72AEEC #EC72AE #AEEC72

tetradic

#72AEEC #EC72EB #ECB072 #72EC73

square

#72AEEC #EC72EB #ECB072 #72EC73

split-complementary

#72AEEC #EC7372 #EBEC72

monochromatic

#1B70C9 #3C8FE5 #72AEEC #A8CDF3 #DEECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#72AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEEC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEEC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6f2',
    500: '#72aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeec;
$custom-light: #a1c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.492,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEEC

secondary

#EFDDCB

accent

#740DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEEC

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

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