#72B0CA#72B0CA

#72B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.074 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0CA
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -13.11, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 23.46, 236.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.051 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.074 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1217, 38.8900, 61.6268)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0CA #CA8C72

analogous

#72CAB8 #72B0CA #7284CA

triadic

#72B0CA #CA72B0 #B0CA72

tetradic

#72B0CA #B872CA #CA8C72 #84CA72

square

#72B0CA #B872CA #CA8C72 #84CA72

split-complementary

#72B0CA #CA7284 #CAB872

monochromatic

#35738D #4697B9 #72B0CA #9EC9DB #CBE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#72B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0CA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0CA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.074 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7da',
    500: '#72b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0ca;
$custom-light: #9fc7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.07408,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0CA

secondary

#DCC5BC

accent

#562DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0CA

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

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