#72B2CE#72B2CE

#72B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.077 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2CE
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -13.09, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 24.39, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.052 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.077 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9964, 39.8720, 64.2852)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2CE #CE8E72

analogous

#72CEBC #72B2CE #7284CE

triadic

#72B2CE #CE72B2 #B2CE72

tetradic

#72B2CE #BC72CE #CE8E72 #84CE72

square

#72B2CE #BC72CE #CE8E72 #84CE72

split-complementary

#72B2CE #CE7284 #CEBC72

monochromatic

#337693 #4599BE #72B2CE #9FCBDE #CDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#72B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2CE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2CE	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)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.077 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9dd',
    500: '#72b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ce;
$custom-light: #9fc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73074,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2CE

secondary

#DFC7BD

accent

#562ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2CE

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

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