#72ABC3#72ABC3

#72ABC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.069 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC3
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -12.33, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 21.91, 235.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0476 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.069 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3492, 36.6413, 57.0397)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC3 #C38A72

analogous

#72C3B3 #72ABC3 #7282C3

triadic

#72ABC3 #C372AB #ABC372

tetradic

#72ABC3 #B372C3 #C38A72 #82C372

square

#72ABC3 #B372C3 #C38A72 #82C372

split-complementary

#72ABC3 #C37282 #C3B372

monochromatic

#386D83 #4A90AE #72ABC3 #9DC5D5 #C8DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#72ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC3

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC3	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.069 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d5',
    500: '#72abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc3;
$custom-light: #9ec4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC3

secondary

#D8C2B9

accent

#5832B3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC3

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

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