#72B7D7#72B7D7

#72B7D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.084 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7D7
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 215)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 14.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -13.26, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 26.44, 239.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0546 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.084 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1342, 42.3479, 70.5466)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7D7 #D79272

analogous

#72D7C5 #72B7D7 #7285D7

triadic

#72B7D7 #D772B7 #B7D772

tetradic

#72B7D7 #C572D7 #D79272 #85D772

square

#72B7D7 #C572D7 #D79272 #85D772

split-complementary

#72B7D7 #D77285 #D7C572

monochromatic

#2E7CA1 #429FC9 #72B7D7 #A2CFE5 #D1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B7D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#72B7D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7D7

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7D7	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.084 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cce3',
    500: '#72b7d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7d7;
$custom-light: #a0cce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.01,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7D7

secondary

#E4CCC1

accent

#5522C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7D7

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

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