#72ABC6#72ABC6

#72ABC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.071 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC6
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -11.52, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 22.75, 239.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0464 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.071 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6918, 36.7783, 58.8441)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC6 #C68D72

analogous

#72C6B7 #72ABC6 #7281C6

triadic

#72ABC6 #C672AB #ABC672

tetradic

#72ABC6 #B772C6 #C68D72 #81C672

square

#72ABC6 #B772C6 #C68D72 #81C672

split-complementary

#72ABC6 #C67281 #C6B772

monochromatic

#376D87 #4890B3 #72ABC6 #9EC5D8 #C9DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#72ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.071 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d7',
    500: '#72abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc6;
$custom-light: #9ec4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71181,
    "c": 0.07131,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC6

secondary

#DAC4BA

accent

#5B30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC6

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

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