#72ABCE#72ABCE

#72ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.079 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABCE
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -9.32, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 25.38, 248.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0435 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.079 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6390, 37.1572, 63.8327)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABCE #CE9572

analogous

#72CEC3 #72ABCE #727DCE

triadic

#72ABCE #CE72AB #ABCE72

tetradic

#72ABCE #C372CE #CE9572 #7DCE72

square

#72ABCE #C372CE #CE9572 #7DCE72

split-complementary

#72ABCE #CE727D #CEC372

monochromatic

#336E93 #4590BE #72ABCE #9FC6DE #CDE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#72ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABCE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABCE	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.079 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4dd',
    500: '#72abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abce;
$custom-light: #9fc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.826,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABCE

secondary

#DFCABD

accent

#612ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABCE

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

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