#72BFDA#72BFDA

#72BFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.085 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFDA
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -16.63, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 26.71, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0628 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.085 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2204, 45.8980, 73.1612)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFDA #DA8D72

analogous

#72DAC1 #72BFDA #728BDA

triadic

#72BFDA #DA72BF #BFDA72

tetradic

#72BFDA #C172DA #DA8D72 #8BDA72

square

#72BFDA #C172DA #DA8D72 #8BDA72

split-complementary

#72BFDA #DA728B #DAC172

monochromatic

#2C86A6 #42A9CD #72BFDA #A2D5E7 #D3EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#72BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFDA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFDA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.085 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2e5',
    500: '#72bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfda;
$custom-light: #a0d2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76474,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFDA

secondary

#E6CBC2

accent

#4B1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFDA

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

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