#72ABC1#72ABC1

#72ABC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.067 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC1
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 193)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -12.86, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 21.40, 233.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0483 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.067 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1246, 36.5514, 55.8568)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC1 #C18872

analogous

#72C1AF #72ABC1 #7283C1

triadic

#72ABC1 #C172AB #ABC172

tetradic

#72ABC1 #AF72C1 #C18872 #83C172

square

#72ABC1 #AF72C1 #C18872 #83C172

split-complementary

#72ABC1 #C17283 #C1AF72

monochromatic

#386C80 #4B90AB #72ABC1 #9DC4D4 #C7DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#72ABC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#72ABC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC1

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC1	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.067 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d3',
    500: '#72abc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc1;
$custom-light: #9ec4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70988,
    "c": 0.06748,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC1

secondary

#D7C1B8

accent

#5734B2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC1

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

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