#72BCD5#72BCD5

#72BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.082 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCD5
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -16.44, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 25.68, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0612 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.082 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9285, 44.3451, 69.5514)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCD5 #D58B72

analogous

#72D5BD #72BCD5 #728BD5

triadic

#72BCD5 #D572BC #BCD572

tetradic

#72BCD5 #BD72D5 #D58B72 #8BD572

square

#72BCD5 #BD72D5 #D58B72 #8BD572

split-complementary

#72BCD5 #D5728B #D5BD72

monochromatic

#2F829E #43A6C7 #72BCD5 #A1D2E3 #D0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#72BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCD5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCD5	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.082 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e2',
    500: '#72bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcd5;
$custom-light: #a0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75605,
    "c": 0.08194,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCD5

secondary

#E3C9C0

accent

#4C24C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCD5

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

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