#72B2CF#72B2CF

#72B2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.078 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2CF
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -12.81, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 24.66, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0516 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.078 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1183, 39.9207, 64.9270)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2CF #CF8F72

analogous

#72CFBD #72B2CF #7283CF

triadic

#72B2CF #CF72B2 #B2CF72

tetradic

#72B2CF #BD72CF #CF8F72 #83CF72

square

#72B2CF #BD72CF #CF8F72 #83CF72

split-complementary

#72B2CF #CF7283 #CFBD72

monochromatic

#327694 #4499BF #72B2CF #A0CBDF #CDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#72B2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2CF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2CF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.078 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9dd',
    500: '#72b2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2cf;
$custom-light: #9fc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.07781,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2CF

secondary

#DFC8BE

accent

#5729BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2CF

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

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