#72ABE9#72ABE9

#72ABE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABE9
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -1.55, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 36.85, 267.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0346 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.109 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2052, 38.5837, 82.6145)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABE9 #E9B072

analogous

#72E6E9 #72ABE9 #7572E9

triadic

#72ABE9 #E972AB #ABE972

tetradic

#72ABE9 #E972E6 #E9B072 #72E975

square

#72ABE9 #E972E6 #E9B072 #72E975

split-complementary

#72ABE9 #E97572 #E6E972

monochromatic

#1E6DC2 #3D8BE1 #72ABE9 #A7CBF1 #DCEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#72ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABE9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABE9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3f0',
    500: '#72abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abe9;
$custom-light: #a1c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.261,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABE9

secondary

#EEDCC9

accent

#7710D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABE9

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

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