#72BEDC#72BEDC

#72BEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.087 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEDC
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -15.56, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 27.20, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0609 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.087 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2664, 45.5686, 74.4754)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEDC #DC9072

analogous

#72DCC5 #72BEDC #7289DC

triadic

#72BEDC #DC72BE #BEDC72

tetradic

#72BEDC #C572DC #DC9072 #89DC72

square

#72BEDC #C572DC #DC9072 #89DC72

split-complementary

#72BEDC #DC7289 #DCC572

monochromatic

#2A85AA #41A7D0 #72BEDC #A3D5E8 #D4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#72BEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEDC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEDC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.087 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d1e7',
    500: '#72bedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bedc;
$custom-light: #a0d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76326,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEDC

secondary

#E7CDC3

accent

#4E1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEDC

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

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