#72B5CB#72B5CB

#72B5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.075 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5CB
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -15.48, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 23.59, 228.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0567 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.075 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2389, 40.9345, 62.5852)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5CB #CB8872

analogous

#72CBB4 #72B5CB #7289CB

triadic

#72B5CB #CB72B5 #B5CB72

tetradic

#72B5CB #B472CB #CB8872 #89CB72

square

#72B5CB #B472CB #CB8872 #89CB72

split-complementary

#72B5CB #CB7289 #CBB472

monochromatic

#34788E #459EBB #72B5CB #9FCCDB #CBE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72B5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#72B5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5CB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5CB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ABCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.075 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbda',
    500: '#72b5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5cb;
$custom-light: #9fcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73638,
    "c": 0.07497,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5CB

secondary

#DDC4BC

accent

#4F2CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5CB

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

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