#72BED8#72BED8

#72BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.084 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED8
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -16.66, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 26.30, 230.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0624 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.084 222)
XYZ	xyz(37.7430, 45.3592, 71.7187)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED8 #D88C72

analogous

#72D8BF #72BED8 #728BD8

triadic

#72BED8 #D872BE #BED872

tetradic

#72BED8 #BF72D8 #D88C72 #8BD872

square

#72BED8 #BF72D8 #D88C72 #8BD872

split-complementary

#72BED8 #D8728B #D8BF72

monochromatic

#2D85A3 #42A8CB #72BED8 #A2D4E5 #D2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#72BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED8

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED8	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.084 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e4',
    500: '#72bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed8;
$custom-light: #a0d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76172,
    "c": 0.08398,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.45362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED8

secondary

#E4CAC1

accent

#4B21C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED8

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

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