#72ABC5#72ABC5

#72ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.071 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC5
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -11.79, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 22.46, 238.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0468 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.071 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5769, 36.7323, 58.2386)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC5 #C58C72

analogous

#72C5B5 #72ABC5 #7281C5

triadic

#72ABC5 #C572AB #ABC572

tetradic

#72ABC5 #B572C5 #C58C72 #81C572

square

#72ABC5 #B572C5 #C58C72 #81C572

split-complementary

#72ABC5 #C57281 #C5B572

monochromatic

#376D86 #4990B1 #72ABC5 #9DC5D7 #C9DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#72ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC5

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC5	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.071 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d6',
    500: '#72abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc5;
$custom-light: #9ec4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 41.709,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71142,
    "c": 0.07051,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC5

secondary

#D9C4BA

accent

#5A31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC5

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

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