#72B0CD#72B0CD

#72B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.076 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0CD
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -12.29, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 24.29, 239.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0499 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.076 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4803, 39.0335, 63.5157)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0CD #CD8F72

analogous

#72CDBD #72B0CD #7282CD

triadic

#72B0CD #CD72B0 #B0CD72

tetradic

#72B0CD #BD72CD #CD8F72 #82CD72

square

#72B0CD #BD72CD #CD8F72 #82CD72

split-complementary

#72B0CD #CD7282 #CDBD72

monochromatic

#337391 #4597BD #72B0CD #9FC9DD #CCE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#72B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0CD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0CD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.076 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7dc',
    500: '#72b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0cd;
$custom-light: #9fc7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.121,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0CD

secondary

#DEC7BD

accent

#592BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0CD

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

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