#72ABC0#72ABC0

#72ABC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.067 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC0
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -13.13, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 21.17, 231.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0487 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.067 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0134, 36.5070, 55.2713)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC0 #C08772

analogous

#72C0AE #72ABC0 #7284C0

triadic

#72ABC0 #C072AB #ABC072

tetradic

#72ABC0 #AE72C0 #C08772 #84C072

square

#72ABC0 #AE72C0 #C08772 #84C072

split-complementary

#72ABC0 #C07284 #C0AE72

monochromatic

#396C7F #4C90A9 #72ABC0 #9CC4D3 #C7DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#72ABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#72ABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC0

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC0	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.067 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d3',
    500: '#72abc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc0;
$custom-light: #9ec4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.06679,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC0

secondary

#D6C0B8

accent

#795ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC0

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

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