#72ABDA#72ABDA

#72ABDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.091 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABDA
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(207, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -5.94, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 30.12, 258.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0394 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.091 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1528, 37.7627, 71.8053)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABDA #DAA172

analogous

#72DAD5 #72ABDA #7277DA

triadic

#72ABDA #DA72AB #ABDA72

tetradic

#72ABDA #D572DA #DAA172 #77DA72

square

#72ABDA #D572DA #DAA172 #77DA72

split-complementary

#72ABDA #DA7277 #DAD572

monochromatic

#2C6FA6 #428ECD #72ABDA #A2C8E7 #D3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#72ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABDA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABDA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.091 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e5',
    500: '#72abda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abda;
$custom-light: #a0c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.115,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABDA

secondary

#E6D2C2

accent

#6B1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABDA

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

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