#72BCCF#72BCCF

#72BCCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.079 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCCF
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -18.06, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 24.64, 222.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0635 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.079 216)
XYZ	xyz(36.1810, 44.0461, 65.6145)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCCF #CF8572

analogous

#72CFB3 #72BCCF #728DCF

triadic

#72BCCF #CF72BC #BCCF72

tetradic

#72BCCF #B372CF #CF8572 #8DCF72

square

#72BCCF #B372CF #CF8572 #8DCF72

split-complementary

#72BCCF #CF728D #CFB372

monochromatic

#328094 #44A6BF #72BCCF #A0D2DF #CDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#72BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCCF

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCCF	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.079 216.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.44049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCCF

secondary

#DFC4BE

accent

#4729BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCCF

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

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