#72ABBC#72ABBC

#72ABBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.064 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABBC
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -14.18, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 20.34, 225.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0503 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.064 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5763, 36.3321, 52.9688)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABBC #BC8372

analogous

#72BCA8 #72ABBC #7286BC

triadic

#72ABBC #BC72AB #ABBC72

tetradic

#72ABBC #A872BC #BC8372 #86BC72

square

#72ABBC #A872BC #BC8372 #86BC72

split-complementary

#72ABBC #BC7286 #BCA872

monochromatic

#3A6B7A #4E90A3 #72ABBC #9BC4D0 #C5DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#72ABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#72ABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABBC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABBC	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.064 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d0',
    500: '#72abbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abbc;
$custom-light: #9ec4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70801,
    "c": 0.06429,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABBC

secondary

#D3BDB6

accent

#765CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABBC

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

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