#72B2CC#72B2CC

#72B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.075 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2CC
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -13.63, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 23.86, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0527 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.076 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7550, 39.7754, 63.0137)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2CC #CC8C72

analogous

#72CCB9 #72B2CC #7285CC

triadic

#72B2CC #CC72B2 #B2CC72

tetradic

#72B2CC #B972CC #CC8C72 #85CC72

square

#72B2CC #B972CC #CC8C72 #85CC72

split-complementary

#72B2CC #CC7285 #CCB972

monochromatic

#347590 #4599BC #72B2CC #9FCBDC #CCE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#72B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2CC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2CC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.075 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9db',
    500: '#72b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2cc;
$custom-light: #9fc9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72997,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2CC

secondary

#DDC6BC

accent

#552BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2CC

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

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