#72BBEF#72BBEF

#72BBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBEF
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -8.56, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 33.93, 255.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0508 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.105 241)
XYZ	xyz(40.2841, 45.3467, 88.2746)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBEF #EFA672

analogous

#72EFE5 #72BBEF #727DEF

triadic

#72BBEF #EF72BB #BBEF72

tetradic

#72BBEF #E572EF #EFA672 #7DEF72

square

#72BBEF #E572EF #EFA672 #7DEF72

split-complementary

#72BBEF #EF727D #EFE572

monochromatic

#1883CF #3BA0E9 #72BBEF #A9D6F5 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#72BBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBEF

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBEF	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cff4',
    500: '#72bbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbef;
$custom-light: #a2cff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.96,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76441,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.4535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBEF

secondary

#F1DBCC

accent

#610ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBEF

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

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