#72B2CD#72B2CD

#72B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.076 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2CD
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -13.36, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 24.12, 236.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0523 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.076 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8753, 39.8235, 63.6474)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2CD #CD8D72

analogous

#72CDBA #72B2CD #7285CD

triadic

#72B2CD #CD72B2 #B2CD72

tetradic

#72B2CD #BA72CD #CD8D72 #85CD72

square

#72B2CD #BA72CD #CD8D72 #85CD72

split-complementary

#72B2CD #CD7285 #CDBA72

monochromatic

#337591 #4599BD #72B2CD #9FCBDD #CCE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#72B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2CD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2CD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ABABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.076 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9dc',
    500: '#72b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2cd;
$custom-light: #9fc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.802,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2CD

secondary

#DEC7BD

accent

#552BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2CD

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

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