#72BED4#72BED4

#72BED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.082 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED4
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -17.75, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 25.55, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0639 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.082 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2322, 45.1549, 69.0284)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED4 #D48872

analogous

#72D4B9 #72BED4 #728DD4

triadic

#72BED4 #D472BE #BED472

tetradic

#72BED4 #B972D4 #D48872 #8DD472

square

#72BED4 #B972D4 #D48872 #8DD472

split-complementary

#72BED4 #D4728D #D4B972

monochromatic

#30849C #43A8C6 #72BED4 #A1D4E2 #D0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#72BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED4

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED4	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.082 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e1',
    500: '#72bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed4;
$custom-light: #a0d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76021,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED4

secondary

#E2C7C0

accent

#4825C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED4

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

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