#72CBDD#72CBDD

#72CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.089 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBDD
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -21.96, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 27.90, 218.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0754 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.089 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3415, 51.5063, 76.1557)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBDD #DD8472

analogous

#72DDB9 #72CBDD #7295DD

triadic

#72CBDD #DD72CB #CBDD72

tetradic

#72CBDD #B972DD #DD8472 #95DD72

square

#72CBDD #B972DD #DD8472 #95DD72

split-complementary

#72CBDD #DD7295 #DDB972

monochromatic

#2995AB #41B9D1 #72CBDD #A3DDE9 #D5EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#72CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBDD

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBDD	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.089 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe7',
    500: '#72cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbdd;
$custom-light: #a1dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.093,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79307,
    "c": 0.08909,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBDD

secondary

#AE5746

accent

#3A1DC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBDD

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

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