#72BBD4#72BBD4

#72BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.081 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD4
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -16.19, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 25.47, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0604 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.081 222)
XYZ	xyz(36.5891, 43.8687, 68.8140)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD4 #D48B72

analogous

#72D4BC #72BBD4 #728AD4

triadic

#72BBD4 #D472BB #BBD472

tetradic

#72BBD4 #BC72D4 #D48B72 #8AD472

square

#72BBD4 #BC72D4 #D48B72 #8AD472

split-complementary

#72BBD4 #D4728A #D4BC72

monochromatic

#30809C #43A4C6 #72BBD4 #A1D2E2 #D0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#72BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.081 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe1',
    500: '#72bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd4;
$custom-light: #a0cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.08122,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.43872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD4

secondary

#E2C8C0

accent

#4D25C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD4

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

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