#72B3DB#72B3DB

#72B3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.088 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3DB
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -10.00, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 28.39, 249.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0484 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.088 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8412, 40.9294, 73.0156)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3DB #DB9A72

analogous

#72DBCE #72B3DB #727EDB

triadic

#72B3DB #DB72B3 #B3DB72

tetradic

#72B3DB #CE72DB #DB9A72 #7EDB72

square

#72B3DB #CE72DB #DB9A72 #7EDB72

split-complementary

#72B3DB #DB727E #DBCE72

monochromatic

#2B78A8 #4199CF #72B3DB #A3CDE7 #D4E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72B3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#72B3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3DB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3DB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.088 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c9e6',
    500: '#72b3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3db;
$custom-light: #a0c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3DB

secondary

#E6D0C3

accent

#5F1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3DB

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

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