#72BCE5#72BCE5

#72BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.095 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCE5
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -11.98, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 30.06, 246.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0553 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.095 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0604, 45.1979, 80.7793)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCE5 #E59B72

analogous

#72E5D4 #72BCE5 #7283E5

triadic

#72BCE5 #E572BC #BCE572

tetradic

#72BCE5 #D472E5 #E59B72 #83E572

square

#72BCE5 #D472E5 #E59B72 #83E572

split-complementary

#72BCE5 #E57283 #E5D472

monochromatic

#2284BA #3EA3DB #72BCE5 #A6D5EF #D9EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#72BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCE5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCE5	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.095 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0ed',
    500: '#72bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bce5;
$custom-light: #a1d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76239,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCE5

secondary

#ECD4C7

accent

#5815D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCE5

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

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