#72BEDE#72BEDE

#72BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.088 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEDE
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -15.01, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 27.71, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0601 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.088 227)
XYZ	xyz(38.5329, 45.6752, 75.8787)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEDE #DE9272

analogous

#72DEC8 #72BEDE #7288DE

triadic

#72BEDE #DE72BE #BEDE72

tetradic

#72BEDE #C872DE #DE9272 #88DE72

square

#72BEDE #C872DE #DE9272 #88DE72

split-complementary

#72BEDE #DE7288 #DEC872

monochromatic

#2986AD #40A7D2 #72BEDE #A4D5EA #D5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#72BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEDE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEDE	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.088 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e8',
    500: '#72bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bede;
$custom-light: #a1d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.45678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEDE

secondary

#E8CFC4

accent

#4F1CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEDE

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

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