#72BCD2#72BCD2

#72BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.080 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCD2
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -17.25, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 25.11, 226.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0623 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.08 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5512, 44.1942, 67.5645)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCD2 #D28872

analogous

#72D2B8 #72BCD2 #728CD2

triadic

#72BCD2 #D272BC #BCD272

tetradic

#72BCD2 #B872D2 #D28872 #8CD272

square

#72BCD2 #B872D2 #D28872 #8CD272

split-complementary

#72BCD2 #D2728C #D2B872

monochromatic

#318199 #44A6C3 #72BCD2 #A0D2E1 #CFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#72BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCD2

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCD2	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.080 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0df',
    500: '#72bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcd2;
$custom-light: #a0d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCD2

secondary

#E1C7BF

accent

#4926BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCD2

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

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