#72BCDD#72BCDD

#72BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.088 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCDD
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -14.23, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 27.61, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0582 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.088 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9690, 44.7613, 75.0316)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCDD #DD9372

analogous

#72DDC9 #72BCDD #7286DD

triadic

#72BCDD #DD72BC #BCDD72

tetradic

#72BCDD #C972DD #DD9372 #86DD72

square

#72BCDD #C972DD #DD9372 #86DD72

split-complementary

#72BCDD #DD7286 #DDC972

monochromatic

#2983AB #41A5D1 #72BCDD #A3D3E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#72BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCDD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCDD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.088 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d0e7',
    500: '#72bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcdd;
$custom-light: #a0d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75916,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCDD

secondary

#E7CFC4

accent

#521DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCDD

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

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