#72ABBD#72ABBD

#72ABBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.065 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABBD
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -13.92, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 20.53, 227.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0499 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.065 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6844, 36.3754, 53.5385)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABBD #BD8472

analogous

#72BDAA #72ABBD #7286BD

triadic

#72ABBD #BD72AB #ABBD72

tetradic

#72ABBD #AA72BD #BD8472 #86BD72

square

#72ABBD #AA72BD #BD8472 #86BD72

split-complementary

#72ABBD #BD7286 #BDAA72

monochromatic

#3A6B7B #4D90A5 #72ABBD #9CC4D1 #C5DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#72ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#72ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABBD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABBD	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.065 219.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.06488,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABBD

secondary

#D4BEB7

accent

#775CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABBD

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

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