#72BDCF#72BDCF

#72BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.079 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDCF
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -18.58, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 24.73, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0647 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.079 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3953, 44.4748, 65.6860)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDCF #CF8472

analogous

#72CFB2 #72BDCF #728ECF

triadic

#72BDCF #CF72BD #BDCF72

tetradic

#72BDCF #B272CF #CF8472 #8ECF72

square

#72BDCF #B272CF #CF8472 #8ECF72

split-complementary

#72BDCF #CF728E #CFB272

monochromatic

#328194 #44A8BF #72BDCF #A0D2DF #CDE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#72BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDCF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDCF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.079 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1dd',
    500: '#72bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdcf;
$custom-light: #a0d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDCF

secondary

#DFC4BE

accent

#4629BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDCF

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

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