#72ABE4#72ABE4

#72ABE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE4
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -3.03, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 34.53, 264.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0361 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.103 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5011, 38.3020, 78.9060)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE4 #E4AB72

analogous

#72E4E4 #72ABE4 #7272E4

triadic

#72ABE4 #E472AB #ABE472

tetradic

#72ABE4 #E472E4 #E4AB72 #72E472

square

#72ABE4 #E472E4 #E4AB72 #72E472

split-complementary

#72ABE4 #E47272 #E4E472

monochromatic

#236EB8 #3F8CDA #72ABE4 #A5CAEE #D9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#72ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE4	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ec',
    500: '#72abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe4;
$custom-light: #a1c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE4

secondary

#EBD9C7

accent

#7316D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE4

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

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