#72ABE3#72ABE3

#72ABE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE3
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(210, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -3.32, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 34.08, 264.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0364 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.102 249)
XYZ	xyz(35.3626, 38.2466, 78.1770)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE3 #E3AA72

analogous

#72E3E3 #72ABE3 #7273E3

triadic

#72ABE3 #E372AB #ABE372

tetradic

#72ABE3 #E372E3 #E3AA72 #73E372

square

#72ABE3 #E372E3 #E3AA72 #73E372

split-complementary

#72ABE3 #E37273 #E3E372

monochromatic

#246EB6 #3F8DD9 #72ABE3 #A5C9ED #D8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#72ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE3

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE3	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ec',
    500: '#72abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe3;
$custom-light: #a1c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.735,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72405,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.38249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE3

secondary

#EAD8C6

accent

#7217CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE3

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

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