#72B2DF#72B2DF

#72B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.093 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2DF
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -8.32, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 30.13, 253.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0459 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.093 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1744, 40.7432, 75.7557)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2DF #DF9F72

analogous

#72DFD6 #72B2DF #727BDF

triadic

#72B2DF #DF72B2 #B2DF72

tetradic

#72B2DF #D672DF #DF9F72 #7BDF72

square

#72B2DF #D672DF #DF9F72 #7BDF72

split-complementary

#72B2DF #DF727B #DFD672

monochromatic

#2877AF #4097D4 #72B2DF #A4CDEA #D6E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#72B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2DF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2DF	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.093 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9e9',
    500: '#72b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2df;
$custom-light: #a0c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.771,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73768,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2DF

secondary

#E8D3C4

accent

#631BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2DF

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

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