#72BFDF#72BFDF

#72BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.089 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFDF
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -15.25, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 27.89, 236.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0609 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.089 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8846, 46.1636, 76.6591)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFDF #DF9272

analogous

#72DFC9 #72BFDF #7288DF

triadic

#72BFDF #DF72BF #BFDF72

tetradic

#72BFDF #C972DF #DF9272 #88DF72

square

#72BFDF #C972DF #DF9272 #88DF72

split-complementary

#72BFDF #DF7288 #DFC972

monochromatic

#2887AF #40A8D4 #72BFDF #A4D6EA #D6ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#72BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFDF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFDF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.089 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2e9',
    500: '#72bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfdf;
$custom-light: #a1d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.615,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFDF

secondary

#E8CFC4

accent

#4E1BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFDF

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

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