#72BBD3#72BBD3

#72BBD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.081 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD3
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -16.46, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 25.27, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0608 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.081 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4633, 43.8184, 68.1517)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD3 #D38A72

analogous

#72D3BA #72BBD3 #728AD3

triadic

#72BBD3 #D372BB #BBD372

tetradic

#72BBD3 #BA72D3 #D38A72 #8AD372

square

#72BBD3 #BA72D3 #D38A72 #8AD372

split-complementary

#72BBD3 #D3728A #D3BA72

monochromatic

#30809A #43A5C4 #72BBD3 #A1D1E2 #CFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#72BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD3	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.081 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe0',
    500: '#72bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd3;
$custom-light: #a0cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75302,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD3

secondary

#E2C8BF

accent

#4C26C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD3

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

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