#72B8DB#72B8DB

#72B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.087 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8DB
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -12.68, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 27.50, 242.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0543 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.087 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8615, 42.9700, 73.3557)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8DB #DB9572

analogous

#72DBC9 #72B8DB #7283DB

triadic

#72B8DB #DB72B8 #B8DB72

tetradic

#72B8DB #C972DB #DB9572 #83DB72

square

#72B8DB #C972DB #DB9572 #83DB72

split-complementary

#72B8DB #DB7283 #DBC972

monochromatic

#2B7EA8 #419FCF #72B8DB #A3D1E7 #D4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#72B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8DB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8DB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.087 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cde6',
    500: '#72b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8db;
$custom-light: #a0cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74939,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8DB

secondary

#E6CFC3

accent

#571FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8DB

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

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