#72BBE5#72BBE5

#72BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.095 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBE5
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -11.45, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 30.25, 247.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0542 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.095 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8475, 44.7721, 80.7083)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBE5 #E59C72

analogous

#72E5D5 #72BBE5 #7282E5

triadic

#72BBE5 #E572BB #BBE572

tetradic

#72BBE5 #D572E5 #E59C72 #82E572

square

#72BBE5 #D572E5 #E59C72 #82E572

split-complementary

#72BBE5 #E57282 #E5D572

monochromatic

#2283BA #3EA2DB #72BBE5 #A6D4EF #D9EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#72BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBE5

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBE5	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.095 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfed',
    500: '#72bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbe5;
$custom-light: #a1cfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76017,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBE5

secondary

#ECD5C7

accent

#5915D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBE5

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

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