#72BBE7#72BBE7

#72BBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.097 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBE7
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -10.87, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 30.94, 249.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0535 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.097 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1283, 44.8844, 82.1874)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBE7 #E79E72

analogous

#72E7D8 #72BBE7 #7281E7

triadic

#72BBE7 #E772BB #BBE772

tetradic

#72BBE7 #D872E7 #E79E72 #81E772

square

#72BBE7 #D872E7 #E79E72 #81E772

split-complementary

#72BBE7 #E77281 #E7D872

monochromatic

#2083BE #3EA2DE #72BBE7 #A6D4F0 #DBEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72BBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#72BBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBE7

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBE7	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.097 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cfee',
    500: '#72bbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbe7;
$custom-light: #a1cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.564,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.761,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBE7

secondary

#EDD6C8

accent

#5B13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBE7

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

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