#72BCDF#72BCDF

#72BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.089 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCDF
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -13.67, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 28.18, 240.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0575 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.089 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2371, 44.8685, 76.4433)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCDF #DF9572

analogous

#72DFCB #72BCDF #7285DF

triadic

#72BCDF #DF72BC #BCDF72

tetradic

#72BCDF #CB72DF #DF9572 #85DF72

square

#72BCDF #CB72DF #DF9572 #85DF72

split-complementary

#72BCDF #DF7285 #DFCB72

monochromatic

#2883AF #40A4D4 #72BCDF #A4D4EA #D6EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#72BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCDF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCDF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.089 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0e9',
    500: '#72bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcdf;
$custom-light: #a1d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.266,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCDF

secondary

#E8D0C4

accent

#531BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCDF

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

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