#72ABDB#72ABDB

#72ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.092 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABDB
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -5.65, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 30.54, 259.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.039 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.092 245)
XYZ	xyz(34.2841, 37.8152, 72.4965)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABDB #DBA272

analogous

#72DBD7 #72ABDB #7276DB

triadic

#72ABDB #DB72AB #ABDB72

tetradic

#72ABDB #D772DB #DBA272 #76DB72

square

#72ABDB #D772DB #DBA272 #76DB72

split-complementary

#72ABDB #DB7276 #DBD772

monochromatic

#2B6FA8 #418ECF #72ABDB #A3C8E7 #D4E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#72ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABDB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABDB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.092 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e6',
    500: '#72abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abdb;
$custom-light: #a0c3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7205,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.37818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABDB

secondary

#E6D3C3

accent

#6C1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABDB

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

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