#72BCDA#72BCDA

#72BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.085 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCDA
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -15.07, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 26.82, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0593 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.085 226)
XYZ	xyz(37.5729, 44.6029, 72.9453)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCDA #DA9072

analogous

#72DAC4 #72BCDA #7288DA

triadic

#72BCDA #DA72BC #BCDA72

tetradic

#72BCDA #C472DA #DA9072 #88DA72

square

#72BCDA #C472DA #DA9072 #88DA72

split-complementary

#72BCDA #DA7288 #DAC472

monochromatic

#2C83A6 #42A5CD #72BCDA #A2D3E7 #D3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#72BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCDA

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCDA	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.085 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e5',
    500: '#72bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcda;
$custom-light: #a0d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75798,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.44606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCDA

secondary

#E6CCC2

accent

#501FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCDA

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

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