#72BFD2#72BFD2

#72BFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.081 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFD2
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -18.80, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 25.32, 222.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0659 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.081 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1988, 45.4893, 67.7803)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFD2 #D28572

analogous

#72D2B5 #72BFD2 #728FD2

triadic

#72BFD2 #D272BF #BFD272

tetradic

#72BFD2 #B572D2 #D28572 #8FD272

square

#72BFD2 #B572D2 #D28572 #8FD272

split-complementary

#72BFD2 #D2728F #D2B572

monochromatic

#318499 #44AAC3 #72BFD2 #A0D4E1 #CFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#72BFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFD2

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFD2	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.081 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2df',
    500: '#72bfd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfd2;
$custom-light: #a0d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.875,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76174,
    "c": 0.08075,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFD2

secondary

#E1C6BF

accent

#4526BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFD2

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

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