#72BBDF#72BBDF

#72BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.089 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBDF
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(200, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -13.15, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 28.31, 242.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0563 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.089 231)
XYZ	xyz(38.0242, 44.4428, 76.3723)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBDF #DF9672

analogous

#72DFCD #72BBDF #7284DF

triadic

#72BBDF #DF72BB #BBDF72

tetradic

#72BBDF #CD72DF #DF9672 #84DF72

square

#72BBDF #CD72DF #DF9672 #84DF72

split-complementary

#72BBDF #DF7284 #DFCD72

monochromatic

#2882AF #40A3D4 #72BBDF #A4D3EA #D6EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#72BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBDF

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBDF	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.089 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfe9',
    500: '#72bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbdf;
$custom-light: #a1cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.817,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.44446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBDF

secondary

#E8D0C4

accent

#551BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBDF

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

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