#72BED2#72BED2

#72BED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.081 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED2
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -18.29, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 25.23, 223.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0647 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.081 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9814, 45.0546, 67.7079)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED2 #D28672

analogous

#72D2B6 #72BED2 #728ED2

triadic

#72BED2 #D272BE #BED272

tetradic

#72BED2 #B672D2 #D28672 #8ED272

square

#72BED2 #B672D2 #D28672 #8ED272

split-complementary

#72BED2 #D2728E #D2B672

monochromatic

#318399 #44A9C3 #72BED2 #A0D3E1 #CFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#72BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED2

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED2	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.081 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1df',
    500: '#72bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed2;
$custom-light: #a0d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED2

secondary

#E1C6BF

accent

#4626BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED2

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

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