#72BCD8#72BCD8

#72BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.084 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCD8
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -15.62, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 26.34, 233.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.06 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.084 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3128, 44.4988, 71.5753)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCD8 #D88E72

analogous

#72D8C1 #72BCD8 #7289D8

triadic

#72BCD8 #D872BC #BCD872

tetradic

#72BCD8 #C172D8 #D88E72 #89D872

square

#72BCD8 #C172D8 #D88E72 #89D872

split-complementary

#72BCD8 #D87289 #D8C172

monochromatic

#2D82A3 #42A5CB #72BCD8 #A2D3E5 #D2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#72BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCD8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCD8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.084 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e4',
    500: '#72bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcd8;
$custom-light: #a0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCD8

secondary

#E4CBC1

accent

#4E21C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCD8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →