#72BBCE#72BBCE

#72BBCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.078 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBCE
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -17.81, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 24.41, 223.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0627 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.078 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8462, 43.5716, 64.9018)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBCE #CE8572

analogous

#72CEB3 #72BBCE #728DCE

triadic

#72BBCE #CE72BB #BBCE72

tetradic

#72BBCE #B372CE #CE8572 #8DCE72

square

#72BBCE #B372CE #CE8572 #8DCE72

split-complementary

#72BBCE #CE728D #CEB372

monochromatic

#337F93 #45A5BE #72BBCE #9FD1DE #CDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#72BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBCE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBCE	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)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.078 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcfdd',
    500: '#72bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbce;
$custom-light: #9fcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.391,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75115,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBCE

secondary

#DFC4BD

accent

#482ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBCE

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

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