#72BDD2#72BDD2

#72BDD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.080 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDD2
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 10%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -17.77, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 25.16, 225.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0635 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.08 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7656, 44.6229, 67.6360)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDD2 #D28772

analogous

#72D2B7 #72BDD2 #728DD2

triadic

#72BDD2 #D272BD #BDD272

tetradic

#72BDD2 #B772D2 #D28772 #8DD272

square

#72BDD2 #B772D2 #D28772 #8DD272

split-complementary

#72BDD2 #D2728D #D2B772

monochromatic

#318299 #44A7C3 #72BDD2 #A0D3E1 #CFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#72BDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDD2

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDD2	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#AFB9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.080 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1df',
    500: '#72bdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdd2;
$custom-light: #a0d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDD2

secondary

#E1C6BF

accent

#4826BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDD2

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

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