#72BED9#72BED9

#72BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.085 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BED9
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -16.39, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 26.51, 231.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.062 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.085 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8727, 45.4111, 72.4017)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BED9 #D98D72

analogous

#72D9C0 #72BED9 #728BD9

triadic

#72BED9 #D972BE #BED972

tetradic

#72BED9 #C072D9 #D98D72 #8BD972

square

#72BED9 #C072D9 #D98D72 #8BD972

split-complementary

#72BED9 #D9728B #D9C072

monochromatic

#2C85A4 #42A8CC #72BED9 #A2D4E6 #D2EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#72BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BED9

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BED9	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.085 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e4',
    500: '#72bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bed9;
$custom-light: #a0d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.08463,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BED9

secondary

#E5CBC2

accent

#4C20C5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BED9

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

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