#72B7D5#72B7D5

#72B7D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.082 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7D5
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -13.82, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 25.88, 237.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0553 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.082 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8788, 42.2458, 69.2015)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7D5 #D59072

analogous

#72D5C2 #72B7D5 #7286D5

triadic

#72B7D5 #D572B7 #B7D572

tetradic

#72B7D5 #C272D5 #D59072 #86D572

square

#72B7D5 #C272D5 #D59072 #86D572

split-complementary

#72B7D5 #D57286 #D5C272

monochromatic

#2F7C9E #439FC7 #72B7D5 #A1CFE3 #D0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B7D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#72B7D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7D5

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7D5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.082 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cce2',
    500: '#72b7d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7d5;
$custom-light: #a0cce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7D5

secondary

#E3CBC0

accent

#5424C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7D5

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

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