#72CBDE#72CBDE

#72CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.089 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBDE
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -21.69, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 28.00, 219.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.075 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.089 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4751, 51.5598, 76.8595)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBDE #DE8572

analogous

#72DEBB #72CBDE #7295DE

triadic

#72CBDE #DE72CB #CBDE72

tetradic

#72CBDE #BB72DE #DE8572 #95DE72

square

#72CBDE #BB72DE #DE8572 #95DE72

split-complementary

#72CBDE #DE7295 #DEBB72

monochromatic

#2996AD #40B9D2 #72CBDE #A4DDEA #D5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#72CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#72CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBDE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBDE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.089 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe8',
    500: '#72cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbde;
$custom-light: #a1dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.556,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79343,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBDE

secondary

#AF5845

accent

#3A1CCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBDE

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

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