#72BBCA#72BBCA

#72BBCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.076 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBCA
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -18.87, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 23.92, 217.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0643 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.076 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3665, 43.3797, 62.3751)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBCA #CA8172

analogous

#72CAAD #72BBCA #728FCA

triadic

#72BBCA #CA72BB #BBCA72

tetradic

#72BBCA #AD72CA #CA8172 #8FCA72

square

#72BBCA #AD72CA #CA8172 #8FCA72

split-complementary

#72BBCA #CA728F #CAAD72

monochromatic

#357E8D #46A5B9 #72BBCA #9ED0DB #CBE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#72BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBCA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBCA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.076 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfda',
    500: '#72bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbca;
$custom-light: #9fcfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.227,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74969,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBCA

secondary

#DCC1BC

accent

#452DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBCA

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

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