#72BAEC#72BAEC

#72BAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.102 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAEC
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -8.89, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 33.04, 254.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0507 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.102 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6332, 44.7481, 85.8893)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAEC #ECA472

analogous

#72ECE1 #72BAEC #727DEC

triadic

#72BAEC #EC72BA #BAEC72

tetradic

#72BAEC #E172EC #ECA472 #7DEC72

square

#72BAEC #E172EC #ECA472 #7DEC72

split-complementary

#72BAEC #EC727D #ECE172

monochromatic

#1B81C9 #3CA0E5 #72BAEC #A8D4F3 #DEEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#72BAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAEC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAEC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.102 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cef2',
    500: '#72baec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baec;
$custom-light: #a2cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAEC

secondary

#EFDACB

accent

#600DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAEC

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

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