#72B3CD#72B3CD

#72B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.076 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3CD
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -13.89, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 24.06, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0535 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.076 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0750, 40.2229, 63.7140)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3CD #CD8C72

analogous

#72CDBA #72B3CD #7285CD

triadic

#72B3CD #CD72B3 #B3CD72

tetradic

#72B3CD #BA72CD #CD8C72 #85CD72

square

#72B3CD #BA72CD #CD8C72 #85CD72

split-complementary

#72B3CD #CD7285 #CDBA72

monochromatic

#337691 #459BBD #72B3CD #9FCBDD #CCE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#72B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#72B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3CD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3CD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.076 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc9dc',
    500: '#72b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3cd;
$custom-light: #9fc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3CD

secondary

#DEC6BD

accent

#542BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3CD

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

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