#72ABC7#72ABC7

#72ABC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.072 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC7
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -11.25, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 23.05, 240.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0461 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.072 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8075, 36.8246, 59.4535)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC7 #C78E72

analogous

#72C7B9 #72ABC7 #7281C7

triadic

#72ABC7 #C772AB #ABC772

tetradic

#72ABC7 #B972C7 #C78E72 #81C772

square

#72ABC7 #B972C7 #C78E72 #81C772

split-complementary

#72ABC7 #C77281 #C7B972

monochromatic

#366D88 #4890B4 #72ABC7 #9EC5D8 #CADFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#72ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC7

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC7	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.072 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d8',
    500: '#72abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc7;
$custom-light: #9ec4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.765,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC7

secondary

#DAC5BB

accent

#5C2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC7

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

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