#72B5CE#72B5CE

#72B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.077 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5CE
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -14.67, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 24.23, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0556 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.077 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5999, 41.0789, 64.4863)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5CE #CE8B72

analogous

#72CEB9 #72B5CE #7287CE

triadic

#72B5CE #CE72B5 #B5CE72

tetradic

#72B5CE #B972CE #CE8B72 #87CE72

square

#72B5CE #B972CE #CE8B72 #87CE72

split-complementary

#72B5CE #CE7287 #CEB972

monochromatic

#337993 #459DBE #72B5CE #9FCDDE #CDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#72B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5CE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5CE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.077 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcbdd',
    500: '#72b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5ce;
$custom-light: #9fcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.304,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5CE

secondary

#DFC6BD

accent

#512ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5CE

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

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