#72BFDD#72BFDD

#72BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.087 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFDD
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -15.81, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 27.39, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0617 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.087 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6166, 46.0564, 75.2474)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFDD #DD9072

analogous

#72DDC5 #72BFDD #7289DD

triadic

#72BFDD #DD72BF #BFDD72

tetradic

#72BFDD #C572DD #DD9072 #89DD72

square

#72BFDD #C572DD #DD9072 #89DD72

split-complementary

#72BFDD #DD7289 #DDC572

monochromatic

#2987AB #41A9D1 #72BFDD #A3D5E9 #D5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#72BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFDD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFDD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.087 225.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFDD

secondary

#E7CEC4

accent

#4D1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFDD

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

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