#72BACC#72BACC

#72BACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.077 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BACC
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -17.82, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 24.04, 222.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0623 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.077 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3934, 43.0522, 63.5599)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BACC #CC8472

analogous

#72CCB1 #72BACC #728DCC

triadic

#72BACC #CC72BA #BACC72

tetradic

#72BACC #B172CC #CC8472 #8DCC72

square

#72BACC #B172CC #CC8472 #8DCC72

split-complementary

#72BACC #CC728D #CCB172

monochromatic

#347D90 #45A4BC #72BACC #9FD0DC #CCE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#72BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BACC

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BACC	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.077 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcedb',
    500: '#72bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bacc;
$custom-light: #9fcedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BACC

secondary

#DDC3BC

accent

#482BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BACC

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

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