#72B7CD#72B7CD

#72B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.076 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7CD
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -16.00, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 24.02, 228.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0583 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.076 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8884, 41.8496, 63.9851)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7CD #CD8872

analogous

#72CDB5 #72B7CD #728ACD

triadic

#72B7CD #CD72B7 #B7CD72

tetradic

#72B7CD #B572CD #CD8872 #8ACD72

square

#72B7CD #B572CD #CD8872 #8ACD72

split-complementary

#72B7CD #CD728A #CDB572

monochromatic

#337A91 #45A0BD #72B7CD #9FCEDD #CCE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#72B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7CD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7CD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.076 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fccdc',
    500: '#72b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7cd;
$custom-light: #9fccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.505,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.07645,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7CD

secondary

#DEC5BD

accent

#4D2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7CD

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

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