#72BDDE#72BDDE

#72BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.088 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDDE
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -14.48, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 27.79, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.059 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.088 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3170, 45.2435, 75.8068)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDDE #DE9372

analogous

#72DEC9 #72BDDE #7287DE

triadic

#72BDDE #DE72BD #BDDE72

tetradic

#72BDDE #C972DE #DE9372 #87DE72

square

#72BDDE #C972DE #DE9372 #87DE72

split-complementary

#72BDDE #DE7287 #DEC972

monochromatic

#2985AD #40A6D2 #72BDDE #A4D4EA #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#72BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDDE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDDE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.088 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e8',
    500: '#72bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdde;
$custom-light: #a1d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7618,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDDE

secondary

#E8CFC4

accent

#511CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDDE

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

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