#72BBEC#72BBEC

#72BBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.102 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBEC
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -9.43, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 32.78, 253.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0518 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.102 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8446, 45.1709, 85.9598)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBEC #ECA372

analogous

#72ECE0 #72BBEC #727EEC

triadic

#72BBEC #EC72BB #BBEC72

tetradic

#72BBEC #E072EC #ECA372 #7EEC72

square

#72BBEC #E072EC #ECA372 #7EEC72

split-complementary

#72BBEC #EC727E #ECE072

monochromatic

#1B83C9 #3CA1E5 #72BBEC #A8D5F3 #DEEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#72BBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBEC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBEC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.102 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cff2',
    500: '#72bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbec;
$custom-light: #a2cff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.098,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBEC

secondary

#EFD9CB

accent

#5F0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBEC

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

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