#72BEDA#72BEDA

#72BEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.085 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEDA
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -16.11, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 26.73, 232.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0616 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.085 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0031, 45.4633, 73.0887)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEDA #DA8E72

analogous

#72DAC2 #72BEDA #728ADA

triadic

#72BEDA #DA72BE #BEDA72

tetradic

#72BEDA #C272DA #DA8E72 #8ADA72

square

#72BEDA #C272DA #DA8E72 #8ADA72

split-complementary

#72BEDA #DA728A #DAC272

monochromatic

#2C85A6 #42A8CD #72BEDA #A2D4E7 #D3EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#72BEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEDA

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEDA	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.085 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e5',
    500: '#72beda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beda;
$custom-light: #a0d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76249,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEDA

secondary

#E6CCC2

accent

#4C1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEDA

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

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