#72BADB#72BADB

#72BADB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.086 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BADB
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -13.74, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 27.26, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0566 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.086 229)
XYZ	xyz(37.2799, 43.8068, 73.4951)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BADB #DB9372

analogous

#72DBC7 #72BADB #7285DB

triadic

#72BADB #DB72BA #BADB72

tetradic

#72BADB #C772DB #DB9372 #85DB72

square

#72BADB #C772DB #DB9372 #85DB72

split-complementary

#72BADB #DB7285 #DBC772

monochromatic

#2B81A8 #41A2CF #72BADB #A3D2E7 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#72BADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BADB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BADB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72badb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.086 229.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72badb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75387,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.4381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BADB

secondary

#E6CEC3

accent

#531FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BADB

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

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