#72BFDE#72BFDE

#72BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.088 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFDE
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -15.53, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 27.64, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0613 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.088 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7502, 46.1098, 75.9512)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFDE #DE9172

analogous

#72DEC7 #72BFDE #7289DE

triadic

#72BFDE #DE72BF #BFDE72

tetradic

#72BFDE #C772DE #DE9172 #89DE72

square

#72BFDE #C772DE #DE9172 #89DE72

split-complementary

#72BFDE #DE7289 #DEC772

monochromatic

#2987AD #40A8D2 #72BFDE #A4D6EA #D5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#72BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFDE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFDE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.088 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e8',
    500: '#72bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfde;
$custom-light: #a1d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.222,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76629,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFDE

secondary

#E8CEC4

accent

#4E1CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFDE

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

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