#72BBCD#72BBCD

#72BBCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.077 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBCD
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -18.08, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 24.27, 221.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0631 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.077 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7251, 43.5232, 64.2640)
Luminance	0.4353 (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

#72BBCD #CD8472

analogous

#72CDB1 #72BBCD #728ECD

triadic

#72BBCD #CD72BB #BBCD72

tetradic

#72BBCD #B172CD #CD8472 #8ECD72

square

#72BBCD #B172CD #CD8472 #8ECD72

split-complementary

#72BBCD #CD728E #CDB172

monochromatic

#337F91 #45A5BD #72BBCD #9FD1DD #CCE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#72BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBCD

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBCD	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.077 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfdc',
    500: '#72bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbcd;
$custom-light: #9fcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.868,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75078,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBCD

secondary

#DEC3BD

accent

#472BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBCD

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

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