#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
RGBrgb(114, 183, 220)
HSLhsl(201, 60%, 65%)
HSVhsv(201, 48%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.29, -11.87, -25.33)
CIE-LCHlch(71.29, 27.97, 244.90°)
OKLaboklab(74.76% -0.0528 -0.0703)
OKLCHoklch(74.76% 0.088 233.1)
XYZxyz(36.7865, 42.6089, 73.9821)
Luminance0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##72B7DC1.002.219.529.52
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5221.001.001.00
##0000009.5221.001.001.00

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

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#72B7DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva