#72B4CD#72B4CD

#72B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.076 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4CD
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -14.42, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 24.02, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0547 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.076 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2762, 40.6252, 63.7810)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4CD #CD8B72

analogous

#72CDB9 #72B4CD #7286CD

triadic

#72B4CD #CD72B4 #B4CD72

tetradic

#72B4CD #B972CD #CD8B72 #86CD72

square

#72B4CD #B972CD #CD8B72 #86CD72

split-complementary

#72B4CD #CD7286 #CDB972

monochromatic

#337791 #459CBD #72B4CD #9FCCDD #CCE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#72B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4CD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4CD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.076 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcadc',
    500: '#72b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4cd;
$custom-light: #9fcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4CD

secondary

#DEC6BD

accent

#522BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4CD

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

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