#72BCDB#72BCDB

#72BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.086 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCDB
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -14.79, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 27.08, 236.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0589 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.086 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7042, 44.6554, 73.6366)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCDB #DB9172

analogous

#72DBC5 #72BCDB #7288DB

triadic

#72BCDB #DB72BC #BCDB72

tetradic

#72BCDB #C572DB #DB9172 #88DB72

square

#72BCDB #C572DB #DB9172 #88DB72

split-complementary

#72BCDB #DB7288 #DBC572

monochromatic

#2B83A8 #41A5CF #72BCDB #A3D3E7 #D4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#72BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCDB

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCDB	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.086 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e6',
    500: '#72bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcdb;
$custom-light: #a0d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCDB

secondary

#E6CDC3

accent

#501FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCDB

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

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