#72B5CD#72B5CD

#72B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.076 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5CD
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -14.95, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 24.01, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0559 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.076 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4788, 41.0304, 63.8486)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5CD #CD8A72

analogous

#72CDB7 #72B5CD #7288CD

triadic

#72B5CD #CD72B5 #B5CD72

tetradic

#72B5CD #B772CD #CD8A72 #88CD72

square

#72B5CD #B772CD #CD8A72 #88CD72

split-complementary

#72B5CD #CD7288 #CDB772

monochromatic

#337891 #459DBD #72B5CD #9FCDDD #CCE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#72B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5CD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5CD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.076 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbdc',
    500: '#72b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5cd;
$custom-light: #9fcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73714,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5CD

secondary

#DEC6BD

accent

#512BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5CD

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

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