#72ABCD#72ABCD

#72ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.078 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABCD
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -9.60, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 25.02, 247.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0439 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.078 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5179, 37.1088, 63.1950)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABCD #CD9472

analogous

#72CDC2 #72ABCD #727DCD

triadic

#72ABCD #CD72AB #ABCD72

tetradic

#72ABCD #C272CD #CD9472 #7DCD72

square

#72ABCD #C272CD #CD9472 #7DCD72

split-complementary

#72ABCD #CD727D #CDC272

monochromatic

#336E91 #4590BD #72ABCD #9FC6DD #CCE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#72ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABCD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABCD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.078 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4dc',
    500: '#72abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abcd;
$custom-light: #9fc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.418,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7146,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABCD

secondary

#DEC9BD

accent

#612BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABCD

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

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