#72BEDF#72BEDF

#72BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.089 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEDF
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -14.73, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 27.97, 238.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0598 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.089 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6673, 45.7290, 76.5867)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEDF #DF9372

analogous

#72DFC9 #72BEDF #7287DF

triadic

#72BEDF #DF72BE #BEDF72

tetradic

#72BEDF #C972DF #DF9372 #87DF72

square

#72BEDF #C972DF #DF9372 #87DF72

split-complementary

#72BEDF #DF7287 #DFC972

monochromatic

#2886AF #40A7D4 #72BEDF #A4D5EA #D6ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#72BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEDF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEDF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.089 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e9',
    500: '#72bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bedf;
$custom-light: #a1d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.165,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEDF

secondary

#E8CFC4

accent

#501BCB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEDF

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

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