#72C0DD#72C0DD

#72C0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.087 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0DD
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -16.33, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 27.35, 233.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0628 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.087 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.8354, 46.4940, 75.3203)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0DD #DD8F72

analogous

#72DDC5 #72C0DD #728ADD

triadic

#72C0DD #DD72C0 #C0DD72

tetradic

#72C0DD #C572DD #DD8F72 #8ADD72

square

#72C0DD #C572DD #DD8F72 #8ADD72

split-complementary

#72C0DD #DD728A #DDC572

monochromatic

#2988AB #41AAD1 #72C0DD #A3D6E9 #D5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72C0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#72C0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0DD

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0DD	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.087 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d3e7',
    500: '#72c0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0dd;
$custom-light: #a1d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.262,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76816,
    "c": 0.08736,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.46497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0DD

secondary

#E7CDC4

accent

#4B1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0DD

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

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