#72ABEC#72ABEC

#72ABEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABEC
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -0.66, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 38.26, 269.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0337 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.112 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6374, 38.7565, 84.8907)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABEC #ECB372

analogous

#72E8EC #72ABEC #7672EC

triadic

#72ABEC #EC72AB #ABEC72

tetradic

#72ABEC #EC72E8 #ECB372 #72EC76

square

#72ABEC #EC72E8 #ECB372 #72EC76

split-complementary

#72ABEC #EC7672 #E8EC72

monochromatic

#1B6CC9 #3C8BE5 #72ABEC #A8CBF3 #DEEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72ABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#72ABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABEC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABEC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3f2',
    500: '#72abec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abec;
$custom-light: #a1c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.967,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABEC

secondary

#EFDECB

accent

#790DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABEC

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

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