#72BACE#72BACE

#72BACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.078 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BACE
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -17.29, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 24.34, 224.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0615 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.078 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6348, 43.1488, 64.8313)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BACE #CE8672

analogous

#72CEB4 #72BACE #728CCE

triadic

#72BACE #CE72BA #BACE72

tetradic

#72BACE #B472CE #CE8672 #8CCE72

square

#72BACE #B472CE #CE8672 #8CCE72

split-complementary

#72BACE #CE728C #CEB472

monochromatic

#337E93 #45A4BE #72BACE #9FD0DE #CDE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#72BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BACE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BACE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.078 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcedd',
    500: '#72bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bace;
$custom-light: #9fcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BACE

secondary

#DFC4BD

accent

#4A2ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BACE

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

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