#72ABDF#72ABDF

#72ABDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.097 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABDF
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 223)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -4.49, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 32.28, 262.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0377 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.097 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8170, 38.0284, 75.3032)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABDF #DFA672

analogous

#72DFDD #72ABDF #7274DF

triadic

#72ABDF #DF72AB #ABDF72

tetradic

#72ABDF #DD72DF #DFA672 #74DF72

square

#72ABDF #DD72DF #DFA672 #74DF72

split-complementary

#72ABDF #DF7274 #DFDD72

monochromatic

#286EAF #408DD4 #72ABDF #A4C9EA #D6E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72ABDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#72ABDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABDF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABDF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.097 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e9',
    500: '#72abdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abdf;
$custom-light: #a0c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.624,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABDF

secondary

#E8D6C4

accent

#6F1BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABDF

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

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