#72ABCB#72ABCB

#72ABCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.076 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABCB
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -10.15, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 24.33, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0446 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.076 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2781, 37.0128, 61.9316)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABCB #CB9272

analogous

#72CBBF #72ABCB #727FCB

triadic

#72ABCB #CB72AB #ABCB72

tetradic

#72ABCB #BF72CB #CB9272 #7FCB72

square

#72ABCB #BF72CB #CB9272 #7FCB72

split-complementary

#72ABCB #CB727F #CBBF72

monochromatic

#346E8E #4590BB #72ABCB #9FC6DB #CBE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72ABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#72ABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABCB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABCB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.076 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4db',
    500: '#72abcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abcb;
$custom-light: #9fc4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71379,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABCB

secondary

#DDC8BC

accent

#5F2CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABCB

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

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