#72ABDD#72ABDD

#72ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.095 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABDD
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -5.07, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 31.40, 260.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0384 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.095 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5489, 37.9212, 73.8915)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABDD #DDA472

analogous

#72DDD9 #72ABDD #7275DD

triadic

#72ABDD #DD72AB #ABDD72

tetradic

#72ABDD #D972DD #DDA472 #75DD72

square

#72ABDD #D972DD #DDA472 #75DD72

split-complementary

#72ABDD #DD7275 #DDD972

monochromatic

#296FAB #418ED1 #72ABDD #A3C8E9 #D5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#72ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABDD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABDD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.095 246.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.037,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABDD

secondary

#E7D4C4

accent

#6D1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABDD

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

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