#72BCD4#72BCD4

#72BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.081 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCD4
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -16.71, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 25.48, 229.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0616 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.081 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8019, 44.2945, 68.8850)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCD4 #D48A72

analogous

#72D4BB #72BCD4 #728BD4

triadic

#72BCD4 #D472BC #BCD472

tetradic

#72BCD4 #BB72D4 #D48A72 #8BD472

square

#72BCD4 #BB72D4 #D48A72 #8BD472

split-complementary

#72BCD4 #D4728B #D4BB72

monochromatic

#30819C #43A6C6 #72BCD4 #A1D2E2 #D0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#72BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCD4

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCD4	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.081 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e1',
    500: '#72bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcd4;
$custom-light: #a0d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75567,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCD4

secondary

#E2C8C0

accent

#4B25C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCD4

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

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