#72B7DC#72B7DC

#72B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.088 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7DC
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -11.87, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 27.97, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0528 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.088 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7865, 42.6089, 73.9821)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7DC #DC9772

analogous

#72DCCC #72B7DC #7282DC

triadic

#72B7DC #DC72B7 #B7DC72

tetradic

#72B7DC #CC72DC #DC9772 #82DC72

square

#72B7DC #CC72DC #DC9772 #82DC72

split-complementary

#72B7DC #DC7282 #DCCC72

monochromatic

#2A7DAA #419ED0 #72B7DC #A3D0E8 #D4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#72B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7DC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7DC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.088 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cce7',
    500: '#72b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7dc;
$custom-light: #a0cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74756,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7DC

secondary

#E7D0C3

accent

#591EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7DC

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

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