#72BED0#72BED0

#72BED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.080 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED0
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -18.82, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 24.96, 221.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0655 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.08 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7338, 44.9556, 66.4038)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED0 #D08472

analogous

#72D0B3 #72BED0 #728FD0

triadic

#72BED0 #D072BE #BED072

tetradic

#72BED0 #B372D0 #D08472 #8FD072

square

#72BED0 #B372D0 #D08472 #8FD072

split-complementary

#72BED0 #D0728F #D0B372

monochromatic

#328396 #44A9C1 #72BED0 #A0D3DF #CEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#72BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED0

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED0	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.080 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1de',
    500: '#72bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed0;
$custom-light: #a0d1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75872,
    "c": 0.07953,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED0

secondary

#E0C5BE

accent

#4528BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED0

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

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