#72BBD6#72BBD6

#72BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.083 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD6
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -15.64, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 25.91, 232.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0596 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.083 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8429, 43.9703, 70.1509)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD6 #D68D72

analogous

#72D6BF #72BBD6 #7289D6

triadic

#72BBD6 #D672BB #BBD672

tetradic

#72BBD6 #BF72D6 #D68D72 #89D672

square

#72BBD6 #BF72D6 #D68D72 #89D672

split-complementary

#72BBD6 #D67289 #D6BF72

monochromatic

#2E819F #43A4C8 #72BBD6 #A1D2E4 #D1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#72BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD6

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD6	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.083 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe2',
    500: '#72bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd6;
$custom-light: #a0cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD6

secondary

#E3CAC1

accent

#4E23C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD6

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

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