#72BCDC#72BCDC

#72BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.087 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCDC
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -14.51, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 27.34, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0586 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.087 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8362, 44.7082, 74.3320)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCDC #DC9272

analogous

#72DCC7 #72BCDC #7287DC

triadic

#72BCDC #DC72BC #BCDC72

tetradic

#72BCDC #C772DC #DC9272 #87DC72

square

#72BCDC #C772DC #DC9272 #87DC72

split-complementary

#72BCDC #DC7287 #DCC772

monochromatic

#2A83AA #41A5D0 #72BCDC #A3D3E8 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#72BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCDC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCDC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.087 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e7',
    500: '#72bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcdc;
$custom-light: #a0d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75876,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCDC

secondary

#E7CEC3

accent

#511EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCDC

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

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