#72ABE6#72ABE6

#72ABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE6
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -2.44, -35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.45, 266.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0355 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.105 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7803, 38.4137, 80.3767)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE6 #E6AD72

analogous

#72E5E6 #72ABE6 #7372E6

triadic

#72ABE6 #E672AB #ABE672

tetradic

#72ABE6 #E672E5 #E6AD72 #72E673

square

#72ABE6 #E672E5 #E6AD72 #72E673

split-complementary

#72ABE6 #E67372 #E5E672

monochromatic

#216DBC #3E8CDD #72ABE6 #A6CAEF #DAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#72ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ee',
    500: '#72abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe6;
$custom-light: #a1c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.517,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE6

secondary

#ECDAC8

accent

#7414D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE6

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

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