#72ABC4#72ABC4

#72ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.070 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC4
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -12.06, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 22.18, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0472 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.07 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4627, 36.6866, 57.6372)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC4 #C48B72

analogous

#72C4B4 #72ABC4 #7282C4

triadic

#72ABC4 #C472AB #ABC472

tetradic

#72ABC4 #B472C4 #C48B72 #82C472

square

#72ABC4 #B472C4 #C48B72 #82C472

split-complementary

#72ABC4 #C47282 #C4B472

monochromatic

#376D84 #4990AF #72ABC4 #9DC5D6 #C8DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#72ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC4

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC4	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.070 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d5',
    500: '#72abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc4;
$custom-light: #9ec4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.06971,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC4

secondary

#D8C3B9

accent

#5931B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC4

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

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