#72BBDC#72BBDC

#72BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.087 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBDC
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -13.99, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 27.44, 239.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0574 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.087 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6233, 44.2824, 74.2610)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBDC #DC9372

analogous

#72DCC8 #72BBDC #7286DC

triadic

#72BBDC #DC72BB #BBDC72

tetradic

#72BBDC #C872DC #DC9372 #86DC72

square

#72BBDC #C872DC #DC9372 #86DC72

split-complementary

#72BBDC #DC7286 #DCC872

monochromatic

#2A82AA #41A3D0 #72BBDC #A3D3E8 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#72BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBDC

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBDC	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.087 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cfe7',
    500: '#72bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbdc;
$custom-light: #a0cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75652,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBDC

secondary

#E7CEC3

accent

#531EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBDC

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

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