#72CBDF#72CBDF

#72CBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.090 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CBDF
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -21.42, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 28.10, 220.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0746 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.09 214)
XYZ	xyz(41.6096, 51.6135, 77.5674)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CBDF #DF8672

analogous

#72DFBC #72CBDF #7294DF

triadic

#72CBDF #DF72CB #CBDF72

tetradic

#72CBDF #BC72DF #DF8672 #94DF72

square

#72CBDF #BC72DF #DF8672 #94DF72

split-complementary

#72CBDF #DF7294 #DFBC72

monochromatic

#2896AF #40B9D4 #72CBDF #A4DDEA #D6F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#72CBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#72CBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CBDF

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CBDF	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.090 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dbe9',
    500: '#72cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cbdf;
$custom-light: #a1dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7938,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.51617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CBDF

secondary

#B15845

accent

#3B1BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CBDF

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

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