#72ABE2#72ABE2

#72ABE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE2
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -3.62, -33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 33.62, 263.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0368 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.1 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2250, 38.1916, 77.4523)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE2 #E2A972

analogous

#72E2E1 #72ABE2 #7273E2

triadic

#72ABE2 #E272AB #ABE272

tetradic

#72ABE2 #E172E2 #E2A972 #73E272

square

#72ABE2 #E172E2 #E2A972 #73E272

split-complementary

#72ABE2 #E27273 #E2E172

monochromatic

#256EB4 #3F8DD8 #72ABE2 #A5C9EC #D8E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#72ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE2

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE2	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3eb',
    500: '#72abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe2;
$custom-light: #a0c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.464,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE2

secondary

#EAD8C6

accent

#7118CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE2

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

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