#72ABE8#72ABE8

#72ABE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE8
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -1.85, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 36.38, 267.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0349 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.108 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0628, 38.5267, 81.8643)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE8 #E8AF72

analogous

#72E6E8 #72ABE8 #7472E8

triadic

#72ABE8 #E872AB #ABE872

tetradic

#72ABE8 #E872E6 #E8AF72 #72E874

square

#72ABE8 #E872E6 #E8AF72 #72E874

split-complementary

#72ABE8 #E87472 #E6E872

monochromatic

#1F6DC0 #3D8CDF #72ABE8 #A7CAF1 #DBEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72ABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#72ABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ef',
    500: '#72abe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe8;
$custom-light: #a1c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.017,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE8

secondary

#EDDCC9

accent

#7611D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE8

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

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