#72BFDC#72BFDC

#72BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.087 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFDC
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -16.08, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 27.16, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.062 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.087 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4837, 46.0033, 74.5478)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFDC #DC8F72

analogous

#72DCC4 #72BFDC #728ADC

triadic

#72BFDC #DC72BF #BFDC72

tetradic

#72BFDC #C472DC #DC8F72 #8ADC72

square

#72BFDC #C472DC #DC8F72 #8ADC72

split-complementary

#72BFDC #DC728A #DCC472

monochromatic

#2A87AA #41A9D0 #72BFDC #A3D5E8 #D4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#72BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFDC

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFDC	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.087 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e7',
    500: '#72bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfdc;
$custom-light: #a1d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFDC

secondary

#E7CDC3

accent

#4C1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFDC

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

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