#72BDE1#72BDE1

#72BDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.091 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDE1
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -13.64, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 28.65, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0579 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.091 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7227, 45.4058, 77.9432)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDE1 #E19672

analogous

#72E1CD #72BDE1 #7286E1

triadic

#72BDE1 #E172BD #BDE172

tetradic

#72BDE1 #CD72E1 #E19672 #86E172

square

#72BDE1 #CD72E1 #E19672 #86E172

split-complementary

#72BDE1 #E17286 #E1CD72

monochromatic

#2685B3 #40A5D6 #72BDE1 #A4D5EC #D7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#72BDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDE1

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDE1	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.091 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0ea',
    500: '#72bde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bde1;
$custom-light: #a1d0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDE1

secondary

#E9D1C5

accent

#5319CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDE1

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

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