#72BFDB#72BFDB

#72BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.086 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFDB
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -16.36, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 26.93, 232.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0624 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.086 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3517, 45.9504, 73.8524)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFDB #DB8E72

analogous

#72DBC2 #72BFDB #728ADB

triadic

#72BFDB #DB72BF #BFDB72

tetradic

#72BFDB #C272DB #DB8E72 #8ADB72

square

#72BFDB #C272DB #DB8E72 #8ADB72

split-complementary

#72BFDB #DB728A #DBC272

monochromatic

#2B86A8 #41A9CF #72BFDB #A3D5E7 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#72BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFDB

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFDB	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.086 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d2e6',
    500: '#72bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfdb;
$custom-light: #a0d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76513,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFDB

secondary

#E6CCC3

accent

#4B1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFDB

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

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