#72BBDE#72BBDE

#72BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.089 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBDE
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -13.43, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 28.01, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0567 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.089 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8898, 44.3890, 75.6644)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBDE #DE9572

analogous

#72DECB #72BBDE #7285DE

triadic

#72BBDE #DE72BB #BBDE72

tetradic

#72BBDE #CB72DE #DE9572 #85DE72

square

#72BBDE #CB72DE #DE9572 #85DE72

split-complementary

#72BBDE #DE7285 #DECB72

monochromatic

#2982AD #40A3D2 #72BBDE #A4D3EA #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#72BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBDE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBDE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.089 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe8',
    500: '#72bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbde;
$custom-light: #a1cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75732,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBDE

secondary

#E8D0C4

accent

#541CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBDE

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

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