#72BDCE#72BDCE

#72BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.078 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDCE
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -18.84, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 24.61, 220.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0651 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.078 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2735, 44.4261, 65.0442)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDCE #CE8372

analogous

#72CEB1 #72BDCE #728FCE

triadic

#72BDCE #CE72BD #BDCE72

tetradic

#72BDCE #B172CE #CE8372 #8FCE72

square

#72BDCE #B172CE #CE8372 #8FCE72

split-complementary

#72BDCE #CE728F #CEB172

monochromatic

#338193 #45A8BE #72BDCE #9FD2DE #CDE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#72BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDCE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDCE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.078 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd1dd',
    500: '#72bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdce;
$custom-light: #9fd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.087,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75571,
    "c": 0.07833,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDCE

secondary

#DFC3BD

accent

#452ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDCE

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

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