#72BBCC#72BBCC

#72BBCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.077 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBCC
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -18.34, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 24.14, 220.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0635 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.077 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6048, 43.4750, 63.6303)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBCC #CC8372

analogous

#72CCB0 #72BBCC #728ECC

triadic

#72BBCC #CC72BB #BBCC72

tetradic

#72BBCC #B072CC #CC8372 #8ECC72

square

#72BBCC #B072CC #CC8372 #8ECC72

split-complementary

#72BBCC #CC728E #CCB072

monochromatic

#347E90 #45A5BC #72BBCC #9FD1DC #CCE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#72BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBCC

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBCC	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.077 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfdb',
    500: '#72bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbcc;
$custom-light: #9fcfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.0768,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBCC

secondary

#DDC3BC

accent

#462BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBCC

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

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