#72BBCF#72BBCF

#72BBCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.078 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBCF
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -17.54, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 24.56, 224.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0623 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.078 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9681, 43.6203, 65.5436)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBCF #CF8672

analogous

#72CFB4 #72BBCF #728CCF

triadic

#72BBCF #CF72BB #BBCF72

tetradic

#72BBCF #B472CF #CF8672 #8CCF72

square

#72BBCF #B472CF #CF8672 #8CCF72

split-complementary

#72BBCF #CF728C #CFB472

monochromatic

#327F94 #44A5BF #72BBCF #A0D1DF #CDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#72BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBCF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBCF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.078 217.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.903,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.07828,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBCF

secondary

#DFC5BE

accent

#4929BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBCF

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

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