#72BBD5#72BBD5

#72BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.082 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD5
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -15.92, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 25.69, 231.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.06 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.082 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7156, 43.9193, 69.4804)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD5 #D58C72

analogous

#72D5BE #72BBD5 #728AD5

triadic

#72BBD5 #D572BB #BBD572

tetradic

#72BBD5 #BE72D5 #D58C72 #8AD572

square

#72BBD5 #BE72D5 #D58C72 #8AD572

split-complementary

#72BBD5 #D5728A #D5BE72

monochromatic

#2F819E #43A4C7 #72BBD5 #A1D2E3 #D0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#72BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD5

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD5	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.082 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe2',
    500: '#72bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd5;
$custom-light: #a0cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD5

secondary

#E3C9C0

accent

#4D24C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD5

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

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