#72BED6#72BED6

#72BED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.083 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED6
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -17.21, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 25.90, 228.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0631 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.083 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4860, 45.2564, 70.3653)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED6 #D68A72

analogous

#72D6BC #72BED6 #728CD6

triadic

#72BED6 #D672BE #BED672

tetradic

#72BED6 #BC72D6 #D68A72 #8CD672

square

#72BED6 #BC72D6 #D68A72 #8CD672

split-complementary

#72BED6 #D6728C #D6BC72

monochromatic

#2E849F #43A8C8 #72BED6 #A1D4E4 #D1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#72BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED6

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED6	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.083 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e2',
    500: '#72bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed6;
$custom-light: #a0d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76096,
    "c": 0.08273,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED6

secondary

#E3C9C1

accent

#4923C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED6

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

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