#72ABE7#72ABE7

#72ABE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE7
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -2.15, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 35.91, 266.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0352 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.106 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9211, 38.4700, 81.1184)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE7 #E7AE72

analogous

#72E6E7 #72ABE7 #7372E7

triadic

#72ABE7 #E772AB #ABE772

tetradic

#72ABE7 #E772E6 #E7AE72 #72E773

square

#72ABE7 #E772E6 #E7AE72 #72E773

split-complementary

#72ABE7 #E77372 #E6E772

monochromatic

#206DBE #3E8CDE #72ABE7 #A6CAF0 #DBE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#72ABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE7

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE7	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ef',
    500: '#72abe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe7;
$custom-light: #a1c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE7

secondary

#EDDBC8

accent

#7513D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE7

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

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