#72BBD8#72BBD8

#72BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.084 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBD8
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -15.09, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 26.38, 235.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0589 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.084 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0999, 44.0731, 71.5044)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBD8 #D88F72

analogous

#72D8C2 #72BBD8 #7288D8

triadic

#72BBD8 #D872BB #BBD872

tetradic

#72BBD8 #C272D8 #D88F72 #88D872

square

#72BBD8 #C272D8 #D88F72 #88D872

split-complementary

#72BBD8 #D87288 #D8C272

monochromatic

#2D81A3 #42A4CB #72BBD8 #A2D2E5 #D2E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#72BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBD8

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBD8	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.084 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe4',
    500: '#72bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbd8;
$custom-light: #a0cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75494,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBD8

secondary

#E4CBC1

accent

#5021C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBD8

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

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