#72BED5#72BED5

#72BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.082 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED5
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -17.48, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 25.72, 227.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0635 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.082 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3587, 45.2055, 69.6948)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED5 #D58972

analogous

#72D5BA #72BED5 #728DD5

triadic

#72BED5 #D572BE #BED572

tetradic

#72BED5 #BA72D5 #D58972 #8DD572

square

#72BED5 #BA72D5 #D58972 #8DD572

split-complementary

#72BED5 #D5728D #D5BA72

monochromatic

#2F849E #43A8C7 #72BED5 #A1D4E3 #D0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#72BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED5	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)

#AFBAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.082 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e2',
    500: '#72bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed5;
$custom-light: #a0d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.939,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED5

secondary

#E3C8C0

accent

#4924C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED5

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

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