#72BDCC#72BDCC

#72BDCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.077 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDCC
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -19.37, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 24.40, 217.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0659 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.077 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0321, 44.3295, 63.7727)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDCC #CC8172

analogous

#72CCAE #72BDCC #7290CC

triadic

#72BDCC #CC72BD #BDCC72

tetradic

#72BDCC #AE72CC #CC8172 #90CC72

square

#72BDCC #AE72CC #CC8172 #90CC72

split-complementary

#72BDCC #CC7290 #CCAE72

monochromatic

#348090 #45A8BC #72BDCC #9FD2DC #CCE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#72BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDCC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDCC	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)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.077 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1db',
    500: '#72bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdcc;
$custom-light: #9fd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75499,
    "c": 0.07749,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDCC

secondary

#DDC2BC

accent

#432BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDCC

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

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