#72BEDB#72BEDB

#72BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.086 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEDB
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -15.84, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 26.96, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0613 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.086 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1344, 45.5158, 73.7800)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEDB #DB8F72

analogous

#72DBC3 #72BEDB #728ADB

triadic

#72BEDB #DB72BE #BEDB72

tetradic

#72BEDB #C372DB #DB8F72 #8ADB72

square

#72BEDB #C372DB #DB8F72 #8ADB72

split-complementary

#72BEDB #DB728A #DBC372

monochromatic

#2B85A8 #41A8CF #72BEDB #A3D4E7 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#72BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEDB

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEDB	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.086 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e6',
    500: '#72bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bedb;
$custom-light: #a0d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEDB

secondary

#E6CCC3

accent

#4D1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEDB

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

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