#72BBED#72BBED

#72BBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.103 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBED
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -9.14, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 33.16, 254.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0515 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.103 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9903, 45.2292, 86.7271)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBED #EDA472

analogous

#72EDE1 #72BBED #727EED

triadic

#72BBED #ED72BB #BBED72

tetradic

#72BBED #E172ED #EDA472 #7EED72

square

#72BBED #E172ED #EDA472 #7EED72

split-complementary

#72BBED #ED727E #EDE172

monochromatic

#1A83CB #3CA1E6 #72BBED #A8D5F4 #DFEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#72BBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBED

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBED	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.103 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cff3',
    500: '#72bbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbed;
$custom-light: #a2cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.39,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBED

secondary

#F0DACB

accent

#600CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBED

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

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