#72ABC9#72ABC9

#72ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.074 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABC9
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -10.70, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 23.67, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0453 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.074 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0413, 36.9181, 60.6845)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABC9 #C99072

analogous

#72C9BC #72ABC9 #7280C9

triadic

#72ABC9 #C972AB #ABC972

tetradic

#72ABC9 #BC72C9 #C99072 #80C972

square

#72ABC9 #BC72C9 #C99072 #80C972

split-complementary

#72ABC9 #C97280 #C9BC72

monochromatic

#356E8B #4690B8 #72ABC9 #9EC5DA #CBE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72ABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#72ABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABC9

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABC9	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.074 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4d9',
    500: '#72abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abc9;
$custom-light: #9ec4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.07388,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABC9

secondary

#DCC6BB

accent

#5D2EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABC9

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

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