#72B3CA#72B3CA

#72B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.074 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3CA
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -14.70, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 23.36, 231.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0547 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.074 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7164, 40.0795, 61.8251)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3CA #CA8972

analogous

#72CAB5 #72B3CA #7287CA

triadic

#72B3CA #CA72B3 #B3CA72

tetradic

#72B3CA #B572CA #CA8972 #87CA72

square

#72B3CA #B572CA #CA8972 #87CA72

split-complementary

#72B3CA #CA7287 #CAB572

monochromatic

#35768D #469BB9 #72B3CA #9ECBDB #CBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#72B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3CA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3CA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.074 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9da',
    500: '#72b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3ca;
$custom-light: #9fc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3CA

secondary

#DCC4BC

accent

#512DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3CA

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

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