#72BADE#72BADE

#72BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.089 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BADE
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -12.90, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 28.14, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0555 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.089 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6784, 43.9662, 75.5939)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BADE #DE9672

analogous

#72DECC #72BADE #7284DE

triadic

#72BADE #DE72BA #BADE72

tetradic

#72BADE #CC72DE #DE9672 #84DE72

square

#72BADE #CC72DE #DE9672 #84DE72

split-complementary

#72BADE #DE7284 #DECC72

monochromatic

#2981AD #40A2D2 #72BADE #A4D2EA #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#72BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BADE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BADE	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.089 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cee8',
    500: '#72bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bade;
$custom-light: #a0cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BADE

secondary

#E8D0C4

accent

#561CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BADE

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

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