#72BED7#72BED7

#72BED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.083 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED7
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -16.93, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 26.10, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0628 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.083 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6141, 45.3077, 71.0399)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED7 #D78B72

analogous

#72D7BD #72BED7 #728CD7

triadic

#72BED7 #D772BE #BED772

tetradic

#72BED7 #BD72D7 #D78B72 #8CD772

square

#72BED7 #BD72D7 #D78B72 #8CD772

split-complementary

#72BED7 #D7728C #D7BD72

monochromatic

#2E84A1 #42A8C9 #72BED7 #A2D4E5 #D1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#72BED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED7

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED7	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.083 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e3',
    500: '#72bed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed7;
$custom-light: #a0d1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76134,
    "c": 0.08334,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED7

secondary

#E4CAC1

accent

#4A22C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED7

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

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