#72B9DB#72B9DB

#72B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.087 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9DB
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -13.21, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 27.37, 241.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0554 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.087 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0699, 43.3869, 73.4252)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9DB #DB9472

analogous

#72DBC9 #72B9DB #7284DB

triadic

#72B9DB #DB72B9 #B9DB72

tetradic

#72B9DB #C972DB #DB9472 #84DB72

square

#72B9DB #C972DB #DB9472 #84DB72

split-complementary

#72B9DB #DB7284 #DBC972

monochromatic

#2B7FA8 #41A1CF #72B9DB #A3D1E7 #D4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#72B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9DB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9DB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.087 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cee6',
    500: '#72b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9db;
$custom-light: #a0cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9DB

secondary

#E6CEC3

accent

#551FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9DB

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

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