#72BBD1#72BBD1

#72BBD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.079 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD1
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -17.00, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 24.89, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0615 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.079 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2142, 43.7188, 66.8395)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD1 #D18872

analogous

#72D1B7 #72BBD1 #728BD1

triadic

#72BBD1 #D172BB #BBD172

tetradic

#72BBD1 #B772D1 #D18872 #8BD172

square

#72BBD1 #B772D1 #D18872 #8BD172

split-complementary

#72BBD1 #D1728B #D1B772

monochromatic

#318097 #44A5C2 #72BBD1 #A0D1E0 #CEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72BBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#72BBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD1

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD1	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.079 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfdf',
    500: '#72bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd1;
$custom-light: #a0cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD1

secondary

#E0C6BE

accent

#4A27BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD1

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

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