#72B2DA#72B2DA

#72B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.088 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2DA
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -9.75, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 28.24, 249.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0476 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.088 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5102, 40.4775, 72.2578)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2DA #DA9A72

analogous

#72DACE #72B2DA #727EDA

triadic

#72B2DA #DA72B2 #B2DA72

tetradic

#72B2DA #CE72DA #DA9A72 #7EDA72

square

#72B2DA #CE72DA #DA9A72 #7EDA72

split-complementary

#72B2DA #DA727E #DACE72

monochromatic

#2C77A6 #4298CD #72B2DA #A2CCE7 #D3E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#72B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2DA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2DA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.088 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9e5',
    500: '#72b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2da;
$custom-light: #a0c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2DA

secondary

#E6D0C2

accent

#601FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2DA

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

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