#72BEDD#72BEDD

#72BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.087 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEDD
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -15.28, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 27.45, 236.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0605 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.087 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3992, 45.6217, 75.1750)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEDD #DD9172

analogous

#72DDC6 #72BEDD #7288DD

triadic

#72BEDD #DD72BE #BEDD72

tetradic

#72BEDD #C672DD #DD9172 #88DD72

square

#72BEDD #C672DD #DD9172 #88DD72

split-complementary

#72BEDD #DD7288 #DDC672

monochromatic

#2986AB #41A7D1 #72BEDD #A3D5E9 #D5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#72BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEDD

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEDD	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.087 226.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76365,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEDD

secondary

#E7CEC4

accent

#4F1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEDD

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

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