#72ABBE#72ABBE

#72ABBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.065 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABBE
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -13.66, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 20.73, 228.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0495 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.065 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7934, 36.4189, 54.1121)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABBE #BE8572

analogous

#72BEAB #72ABBE #7285BE

triadic

#72ABBE #BE72AB #ABBE72

tetradic

#72ABBE #AB72BE #BE8572 #85BE72

square

#72ABBE #AB72BE #BE8572 #85BE72

split-complementary

#72ABBE #BE7285 #BEAB72

monochromatic

#396C7C #4D90A6 #72ABBE #9CC4D1 #C6DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#72ABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#72ABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABBE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABBE	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.065 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d1',
    500: '#72abbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abbe;
$custom-light: #9ec4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.06549,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABBE

secondary

#D5BFB7

accent

#775BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABBE

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

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