#72BBD2#72BBD2

#72BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.080 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD2
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -16.73, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 25.08, 228.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0612 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.08 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3383, 43.7684, 67.4935)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD2 #D28972

analogous

#72D2B9 #72BBD2 #728BD2

triadic

#72BBD2 #D272BB #BBD272

tetradic

#72BBD2 #B972D2 #D28972 #8BD272

square

#72BBD2 #B972D2 #D28972 #8BD272

split-complementary

#72BBD2 #D2728B #D2B972

monochromatic

#318099 #44A5C3 #72BBD2 #A0D1E1 #CFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#72BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD2

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD2	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)

#ADB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.080 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfdf',
    500: '#72bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd2;
$custom-light: #a0cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.375,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD2

secondary

#E1C7BF

accent

#4B26BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD2

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

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