#72BCCE#72BCCE

#72BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.078 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCCE
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -18.33, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 24.50, 221.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0639 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.078 215)
XYZ	xyz(36.0591, 43.9974, 64.9727)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCCE #CE8472

analogous

#72CEB2 #72BCCE #728ECE

triadic

#72BCCE #CE72BC #BCCE72

tetradic

#72BCCE #B272CE #CE8472 #8ECE72

square

#72BCCE #B272CE #CE8472 #8ECE72

split-complementary

#72BCCE #CE728E #CEB272

monochromatic

#338093 #45A6BE #72BCCE #9FD2DE #CDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#72BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCCE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#AFB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.078 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0dd',
    500: '#72bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcce;
$custom-light: #9fd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.44
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCCE

secondary

#DFC4BD

accent

#462ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCCE

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

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