#72BBDA#72BBDA

#72BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.085 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBDA
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -14.54, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 26.89, 237.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0581 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.085 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3600, 44.1771, 72.8744)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBDA #DA9172

analogous

#72DAC5 #72BBDA #7287DA

triadic

#72BBDA #DA72BB #BBDA72

tetradic

#72BBDA #C572DA #DA9172 #87DA72

square

#72BBDA #C572DA #DA9172 #87DA72

split-complementary

#72BBDA #DA7287 #DAC572

monochromatic

#2C82A6 #42A4CD #72BBDA #A2D2E7 #D3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#72BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBDA

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBDA	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.085 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe5',
    500: '#72bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbda;
$custom-light: #a0cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75573,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBDA

secondary

#E6CDC2

accent

#511FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBDA

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

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