#72BDDD#72BDDD

#72BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.088 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDDD
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -14.76, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 27.52, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0594 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.088 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1834, 45.1900, 75.1030)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDDD #DD9272

analogous

#72DDC7 #72BDDD #7287DD

triadic

#72BDDD #DD72BD #BDDD72

tetradic

#72BDDD #C772DD #DD9272 #87DD72

square

#72BDDD #C772DD #DD9272 #87DD72

split-complementary

#72BDDD #DD7287 #DDC772

monochromatic

#2984AB #41A6D1 #72BDDD #A3D4E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#72BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDDD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDDD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.088 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e7',
    500: '#72bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bddd;
$custom-light: #a1d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.944,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76141,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDDD

secondary

#E7CEC4

accent

#501DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDDD

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

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