#72ABBF#72ABBF

#72ABBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.066 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABBF
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -13.39, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 20.94, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0491 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.066 222)
XYZ	xyz(30.9030, 36.4628, 54.6897)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABBF #BF8672

analogous

#72BFAC #72ABBF #7285BF

triadic

#72ABBF #BF72AB #ABBF72

tetradic

#72ABBF #AC72BF #BF8672 #85BF72

square

#72ABBF #AC72BF #BF8672 #85BF72

split-complementary

#72ABBF #BF7285 #BFAC72

monochromatic

#396C7E #4C90A8 #72ABBF #9CC4D2 #C6DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#72ABBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#72ABBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABBF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABBF	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.066 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d2',
    500: '#72abbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abbf;
$custom-light: #9ec4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70913,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.36465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABBF

secondary

#D5BFB8

accent

#785ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABBF

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

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