#72BADD#72BADD

#72BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.088 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BADD
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -13.18, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 27.84, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0559 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.088 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5447, 43.9127, 74.8901)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BADD #DD9572

analogous

#72DDCA #72BADD #7284DD

triadic

#72BADD #DD72BA #BADD72

tetradic

#72BADD #CA72DD #DD9572 #84DD72

square

#72BADD #CA72DD #DD9572 #84DD72

split-complementary

#72BADD #DD7284 #DDCA72

monochromatic

#2981AB #41A2D1 #72BADD #A3D2E9 #D5EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#72BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BADD

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BADD	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.088 230.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75467,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BADD

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#551DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BADD

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

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