#72B0CE#72B0CE

#72B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.077 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0CE
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -12.02, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 24.58, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0496 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.077 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6014, 39.0819, 64.1535)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0CE #CE9072

analogous

#72CEBE #72B0CE #7282CE

triadic

#72B0CE #CE72B0 #B0CE72

tetradic

#72B0CE #BE72CE #CE9072 #82CE72

square

#72B0CE #BE72CE #CE9072 #82CE72

split-complementary

#72B0CE #CE7282 #CEBE72

monochromatic

#337393 #4597BE #72B0CE #9FC9DE #CDE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#72B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0CE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0CE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.077 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc7dd',
    500: '#72b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0ce;
$custom-light: #9fc7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0CE

secondary

#DFC8BD

accent

#592ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0CE

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

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