#72BED3#72BED3

#72BED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.081 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED3
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -18.02, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 25.38, 224.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0643 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.081 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1064, 45.1046, 68.3661)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED3 #D38772

analogous

#72D3B7 #72BED3 #728DD3

triadic

#72BED3 #D372BE #BED372

tetradic

#72BED3 #B772D3 #D38772 #8DD372

square

#72BED3 #B772D3 #D38772 #8DD372

split-complementary

#72BED3 #D3728D #D3B772

monochromatic

#30839A #43A8C4 #72BED3 #A1D4E2 #CFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72BED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#72BED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED3

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED3	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.081 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e0',
    500: '#72bed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed3;
$custom-light: #a0d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.99,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75983,
    "c": 0.08103,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED3

secondary

#E2C7BF

accent

#4726C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED3

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

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