#72ABDC#72ABDC

#72ABDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.093 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABDC
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -5.36, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 30.97, 260.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0387 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.093 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4161, 37.8680, 73.1920)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABDC #DCA372

analogous

#72DCD8 #72ABDC #7276DC

triadic

#72ABDC #DC72AB #ABDC72

tetradic

#72ABDC #D872DC #DCA372 #76DC72

square

#72ABDC #D872DC #DCA372 #76DC72

split-complementary

#72ABDC #DC7276 #DCD872

monochromatic

#2A6FAA #418ED0 #72ABDC #A3C8E8 #D4E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72ABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#72ABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABDC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABDC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.093 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e7',
    500: '#72abdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abdc;
$custom-light: #a0c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.736,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72093,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABDC

secondary

#E7D4C3

accent

#6C1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABDC

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

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