#72BDDC#72BDDC

#72BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.087 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDDC
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -15.04, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 27.26, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0597 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.087 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0506, 45.1369, 74.4034)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDDC #DC9172

analogous

#72DCC6 #72BDDC #7288DC

triadic

#72BDDC #DC72BD #BDDC72

tetradic

#72BDDC #C672DC #DC9172 #88DC72

square

#72BDDC #C672DC #DC9172 #88DC72

split-complementary

#72BDDC #DC7288 #DCC672

monochromatic

#2A84AA #41A6D0 #72BDDC #A3D4E8 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#72BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDDC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDDC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.087 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e7',
    500: '#72bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bddc;
$custom-light: #a0d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76101,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDDC

secondary

#E7CEC3

accent

#4F1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDDC

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

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