#72B3D5#72B3D5

#72B3D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3D5
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 16%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -11.69, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 26.35, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0506 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.083 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0655, 40.6191, 68.9304)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3D5 #D59472

analogous

#72D5C6 #72B3D5 #7282D5

triadic

#72B3D5 #D572B3 #B3D572

tetradic

#72B3D5 #C672D5 #D59472 #82D572

square

#72B3D5 #C672D5 #D59472 #82D572

split-complementary

#72B3D5 #D57282 #D5C672

monochromatic

#2F789E #439AC7 #72B3D5 #A1CCE3 #D0E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#72B3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3D5

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3D5	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9e2',
    500: '#72b3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3d5;
$custom-light: #a0c9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.606,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3D5

secondary

#E3CCC0

accent

#5A24C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3D5

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

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