#72B0DD#72B0DD

#72B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.092 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0DD
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -7.81, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 29.88, 254.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0442 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.092 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5113, 39.8459, 74.2123)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0DD #DD9F72

analogous

#72DDD5 #72B0DD #727ADD

triadic

#72B0DD #DD72B0 #B0DD72

tetradic

#72B0DD #D572DD #DD9F72 #7ADD72

square

#72B0DD #D572DD #DD9F72 #7ADD72

split-complementary

#72B0DD #DD727A #DDD572

monochromatic

#2975AB #4194D1 #72B0DD #A3CCE9 #D5E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#72B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0DD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0DD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.092 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c7e7',
    500: '#72b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0dd;
$custom-light: #a0c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.234,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0DD

secondary

#E7D3C4

accent

#651DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0DD

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

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