#72ABCC#72ABCC

#72ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.077 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABCC
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -9.88, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 24.67, 246.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0442 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.077 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3976, 37.0606, 62.5613)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABCC #CC9372

analogous

#72CCC0 #72ABCC #727ECC

triadic

#72ABCC #CC72AB #ABCC72

tetradic

#72ABCC #C072CC #CC9372 #7ECC72

square

#72ABCC #C072CC #CC9372 #7ECC72

split-complementary

#72ABCC #CC727E #CCC072

monochromatic

#346E90 #4590BC #72ABCC #9FC6DC #CCE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#72ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABCC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABCC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.077 234.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABCC

secondary

#DDC9BC

accent

#602BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABCC

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

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