#72ABC2#72ABC2

#72ABC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.068 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC2
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -12.60, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 21.65, 234.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0479 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.068 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2365, 36.5962, 56.4463)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC2 #C28972

analogous

#72C2B1 #72ABC2 #7283C2

triadic

#72ABC2 #C272AB #ABC272

tetradic

#72ABC2 #B172C2 #C28972 #83C272

square

#72ABC2 #B172C2 #C28972 #83C272

split-complementary

#72ABC2 #C27283 #C2B172

monochromatic

#386C82 #4B90AC #72ABC2 #9DC4D4 #C7DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#72ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC2

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC2	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.068 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d4',
    500: '#72abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc2;
$custom-light: #9ec4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC2

secondary

#D7C1B9

accent

#5833B3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC2

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

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