#72BADC#72BADC

#72BADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.087 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BADC
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -13.46, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 27.55, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0562 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.087 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4119, 43.8596, 74.1906)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BADC #DC9472

analogous

#72DCC9 #72BADC #7285DC

triadic

#72BADC #DC72BA #BADC72

tetradic

#72BADC #C972DC #DC9472 #85DC72

square

#72BADC #C972DC #DC9472 #85DC72

split-complementary

#72BADC #DC7285 #DCC972

monochromatic

#2A81AA #41A2D0 #72BADC #A3D2E8 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#72BADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BADC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BADC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72badc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.087 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cee7',
    500: '#72badc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72badc;
$custom-light: #a0cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72badc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75427,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BADC

secondary

#E7CFC3

accent

#541EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BADC

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

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