#72ABEA#72ABEA

#72ABEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABEA
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -1.26, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 37.32, 268.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0343 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.11 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3485, 38.6410, 83.3690)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABEA #EAB172

analogous

#72E7EA #72ABEA #7572EA

triadic

#72ABEA #EA72AB #ABEA72

tetradic

#72ABEA #EA72E7 #EAB172 #72EA75

square

#72ABEA #EA72E7 #EAB172 #72EA75

split-complementary

#72ABEA #EA7572 #E7EA72

monochromatic

#1D6DC4 #3D8BE2 #72ABEA #A7CBF2 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72ABEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#72ABEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABEA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABEA	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3f1',
    500: '#72abea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abea;
$custom-light: #a1c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABEA

secondary

#EEDDCA

accent

#780FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABEA

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

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