#72B2DD#72B2DD

#72B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.091 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2DD
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -8.90, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 29.36, 252.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0466 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.091 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9063, 40.6359, 74.3440)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2DD #DD9D72

analogous

#72DDD2 #72B2DD #727CDD

triadic

#72B2DD #DD72B2 #B2DD72

tetradic

#72B2DD #D272DD #DD9D72 #7CDD72

square

#72B2DD #D272DD #DD9D72 #7CDD72

split-complementary

#72B2DD #DD727C #DDD272

monochromatic

#2977AB #4197D1 #72B2DD #A3CDE9 #D5E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#72B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2DD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2DD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.091 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9e7',
    500: '#72b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2dd;
$custom-light: #a0c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.112,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73683,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2DD

secondary

#E7D2C4

accent

#621DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2DD

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

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