#72BCD9#72BCD9

#72BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.085 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCD9
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -15.34, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 26.58, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0597 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.085 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4424, 44.5507, 72.2583)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCD9 #D98F72

analogous

#72D9C2 #72BCD9 #7289D9

triadic

#72BCD9 #D972BC #BCD972

tetradic

#72BCD9 #C272D9 #D98F72 #89D972

square

#72BCD9 #C272D9 #D98F72 #89D972

split-complementary

#72BCD9 #D97289 #D9C272

monochromatic

#2C83A4 #42A5CC #72BCD9 #A2D3E6 #D2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCD9

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCD9	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.085 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e4',
    500: '#72bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcd9;
$custom-light: #a0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCD9

secondary

#E5CCC2

accent

#4F20C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCD9

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

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