#72ABCA#72ABCA

#72ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.075 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABCA
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -10.43, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 24.00, 244.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.045 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.075 233)
XYZ	xyz(32.1593, 36.9653, 61.3061)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABCA #CA9172

analogous

#72CABD #72ABCA #727FCA

triadic

#72ABCA #CA72AB #ABCA72

tetradic

#72ABCA #BD72CA #CA9172 #7FCA72

square

#72ABCA #BD72CA #CA9172 #7FCA72

split-complementary

#72ABCA #CA727F #CABD72

monochromatic

#356E8D #4690B9 #72ABCA #9EC5DB #CBE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#72ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABCA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABCA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.075 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec4da',
    500: '#72abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abca;
$custom-light: #9ec4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.136,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71339,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.36967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABCA

secondary

#DCC7BC

accent

#5E2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABCA

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

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