#72ABED#72ABED

#72ABED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ABED
RGB	rgb(114, 171, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -0.36, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 38.74, 269.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0334 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.114 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7831, 38.8148, 85.6580)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ABED #EDB472

analogous

#72E9ED #72ABED #7772ED

triadic

#72ABED #ED72AB #ABED72

tetradic

#72ABED #ED72E9 #EDB472 #72ED77

square

#72ABED #ED72E9 #EDB472 #72ED77

split-complementary

#72ABED #ED7772 #E9ED72

monochromatic

#1A6CCB #3C8BE6 #72ABED #A8CBF4 #DFECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#72ABED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#72ABED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABED

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ABED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ABED	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72abed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f3',
    500: '#72abed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72abed;
$custom-light: #a2c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72abed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.195,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ABED

secondary

#F0DFCB

accent

#7A0CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ABED

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

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