#72BBD7#72BBD7

#72BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.083 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD7
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -15.37, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 26.14, 233.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0593 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.083 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9710, 44.0215, 70.8256)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD7 #D78E72

analogous

#72D7C1 #72BBD7 #7289D7

triadic

#72BBD7 #D772BB #BBD772

tetradic

#72BBD7 #C172D7 #D78E72 #89D772

square

#72BBD7 #C172D7 #D78E72 #89D772

split-complementary

#72BBD7 #D77289 #D7C172

monochromatic

#2E81A1 #42A4C9 #72BBD7 #A2D2E5 #D1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#72BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD7

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD7	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.083 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe3',
    500: '#72bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd7;
$custom-light: #a0cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD7

secondary

#E4CBC1

accent

#4F22C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD7

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

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