#72ABDE#72ABDE

#72ABDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.096 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABDE
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -4.78, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 31.84, 261.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.038 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.096 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6826, 37.9746, 74.5953)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABDE #DEA572

analogous

#72DEDB #72ABDE #7275DE

triadic

#72ABDE #DE72AB #ABDE72

tetradic

#72ABDE #DB72DE #DEA572 #75DE72

square

#72ABDE #DB72DE #DEA572 #75DE72

split-complementary

#72ABDE #DE7275 #DEDB72

monochromatic

#296EAD #408DD2 #72ABDE #A4C9EA #D5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72ABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#72ABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABDE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABDE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.096 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e8',
    500: '#72abde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abde;
$custom-light: #a0c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABDE

secondary

#E8D5C4

accent

#6E1CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABDE

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

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