#72BBEE#72BBEE

#72BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.104 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBEE
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -8.85, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 33.54, 254.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0511 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.104 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1368, 45.2878, 87.4987)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBEE #EEA572

analogous

#72EEE3 #72BBEE #727DEE

triadic

#72BBEE #EE72BB #BBEE72

tetradic

#72BBEE #E372EE #EEA572 #7DEE72

square

#72BBEE #E372EE #EEA572 #7DEE72

split-complementary

#72BBEE #EE727D #EEE372

monochromatic

#1983CD #3BA1E7 #72BBEE #A9D5F5 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#72BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBEE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBEE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.104 240.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.677,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76398,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBEE

secondary

#F0DBCC

accent

#600BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBEE

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

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