#72ABE5#72ABE5

#72ABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE5
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(210, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -2.74, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 34.99, 265.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0358 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.104 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6403, 38.3577, 79.6392)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE5 #E5AC72

analogous

#72E4E5 #72ABE5 #7372E5

triadic

#72ABE5 #E572AB #ABE572

tetradic

#72ABE5 #E572E4 #E5AC72 #72E573

square

#72ABE5 #E572E4 #E5AC72 #72E573

split-complementary

#72ABE5 #E57372 #E4E572

monochromatic

#226EBA #3E8CDB #72ABE5 #A6CAEF #D9E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#72ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE5	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ed',
    500: '#72abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe5;
$custom-light: #a1c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.261,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE5

secondary

#ECDAC7

accent

#7415D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE5

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

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