#72BADA#72BADA

#72BADA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.086 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BADA
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -14.02, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 26.98, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.057 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.086 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1486, 43.7543, 72.8039)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BADA #DA9272

analogous

#72DAC6 #72BADA #7286DA

triadic

#72BADA #DA72BA #BADA72

tetradic

#72BADA #C672DA #DA9272 #86DA72

square

#72BADA #C672DA #DA9272 #86DA72

split-complementary

#72BADA #DA7286 #DAC672

monochromatic

#2C80A6 #42A2CD #72BADA #A2D2E7 #D3E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#72BADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BADA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BADA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.086 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cee5',
    500: '#72bada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bada;
$custom-light: #a0cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BADA

secondary

#E6CDC2

accent

#531FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BADA

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

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