#72ABC8#72ABC8

#72ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.073 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC8
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -10.98, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 23.36, 241.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0457 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.073 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9240, 36.8712, 60.0670)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC8 #C88F72

analogous

#72C8BA #72ABC8 #7280C8

triadic

#72ABC8 #C872AB #ABC872

tetradic

#72ABC8 #BA72C8 #C88F72 #80C872

square

#72ABC8 #BA72C8 #C88F72 #80C872

split-complementary

#72ABC8 #C87280 #C8BA72

monochromatic

#366D8A #4790B6 #72ABC8 #9EC5D9 #CADFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#72ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC8

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC8	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)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.073 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d8',
    500: '#72abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc8;
$custom-light: #9ec4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC8

secondary

#DBC6BB

accent

#5D2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC8

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

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