#72BCCD#72BCCD

#72BCCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.078 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCCD
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -18.59, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 24.38, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0643 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.078 214)
XYZ	xyz(35.9380, 43.9489, 64.3350)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCCD #CD8372

analogous

#72CDB1 #72BCCD #728ECD

triadic

#72BCCD #CD72BC #BCCD72

tetradic

#72BCCD #B172CD #CD8372 #8ECD72

square

#72BCCD #B172CD #CD8372 #8ECD72

split-complementary

#72BCCD #CD728E #CDB172

monochromatic

#338091 #45A7BD #72BCCD #9FD1DD #CCE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#72BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCCD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCCD	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)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.078 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0dc',
    500: '#72bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bccd;
$custom-light: #9fd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.209,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75307,
    "c": 0.07757,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.43952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCCD

secondary

#DEC3BD

accent

#462BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCCD

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

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