#72BBDD#72BBDD

#72BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.088 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBDD
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -13.71, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 27.72, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.057 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.088 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7561, 44.3356, 74.9606)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBDD #DD9472

analogous

#72DDC9 #72BBDD #7285DD

triadic

#72BBDD #DD72BB #BBDD72

tetradic

#72BBDD #C972DD #DD9472 #85DD72

square

#72BBDD #C972DD #DD9472 #85DD72

split-complementary

#72BBDD #DD7285 #DDC972

monochromatic

#2982AB #41A3D1 #72BBDD #A3D3E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#72BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBDD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBDD	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.088 229.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBDD

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#531DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBDD

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

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