#72B2DB#72B2DB

#72B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.089 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2DB
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -9.46, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 28.61, 250.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0473 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.089 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6415, 40.5300, 72.9490)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2DB #DB9B72

analogous

#72DBD0 #72B2DB #727DDB

triadic

#72B2DB #DB72B2 #B2DB72

tetradic

#72B2DB #D072DB #DB9B72 #7DDB72

square

#72B2DB #D072DB #DB9B72 #7DDB72

split-complementary

#72B2DB #DB727D #DBD072

monochromatic

#2B77A8 #4197CF #72B2DB #A3CDE7 #D4E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#72B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2DB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2DB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.089 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9e6',
    500: '#72b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2db;
$custom-light: #a0c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2DB

secondary

#E6D1C3

accent

#601FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2DB

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

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