#72BBDB#72BBDB

#72BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.086 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBDB
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -14.26, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 27.16, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0578 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.086 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4913, 44.2296, 73.5656)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBDB #DB9272

analogous

#72DBC7 #72BBDB #7286DB

triadic

#72BBDB #DB72BB #BBDB72

tetradic

#72BBDB #C772DB #DB9272 #86DB72

square

#72BBDB #C772DB #DB9272 #86DB72

split-complementary

#72BBDB #DB7286 #DBC772

monochromatic

#2B82A8 #41A3CF #72BBDB #A3D3E7 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#72BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBDB

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBDB	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.086 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe6',
    500: '#72bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbdb;
$custom-light: #a0cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.08623,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBDB

secondary

#E6CDC3

accent

#521FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBDB

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

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