#72BFD8#72BFD8

#72BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.084 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFD8
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -17.18, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 26.30, 229.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0635 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.084 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9603, 45.7939, 71.7912)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFD8 #D88B72

analogous

#72D8BE #72BFD8 #728CD8

triadic

#72BFD8 #D872BF #BFD872

tetradic

#72BFD8 #BE72D8 #D88B72 #8CD872

square

#72BFD8 #BE72D8 #D88B72 #8CD872

split-complementary

#72BFD8 #D8728C #D8BE72

monochromatic

#2D86A3 #42A9CB #72BFD8 #A2D5E5 #D2EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#72BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFD8

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFD8	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.084 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2e4',
    500: '#72bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfd8;
$custom-light: #a0d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.706,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76398,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFD8

secondary

#E4CAC1

accent

#4921C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFD8

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

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