#72B5CC#72B5CC

#72B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.076 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5CC
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -15.22, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 23.79, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0563 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.076 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3585, 40.9823, 63.2149)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5CC #CC8972

analogous

#72CCB6 #72B5CC #7288CC

triadic

#72B5CC #CC72B5 #B5CC72

tetradic

#72B5CC #B672CC #CC8972 #88CC72

square

#72B5CC #B672CC #CC8972 #88CC72

split-complementary

#72B5CC #CC7288 #CCB672

monochromatic

#347890 #459DBC #72B5CC #9FCDDC #CCE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#72B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5CC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5CC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ABDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.076 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbdb',
    500: '#72b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5cc;
$custom-light: #9fcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73676,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5CC

secondary

#DDC5BC

accent

#502BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5CC

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

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