#72BEE0#72BEE0

#72BEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.090 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE0
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -14.45, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 28.24, 239.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0594 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.09 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8025, 45.7830, 77.2988)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE0 #E09472

analogous

#72E0CB #72BEE0 #7287E0

triadic

#72BEE0 #E072BE #BEE072

tetradic

#72BEE0 #CB72E0 #E09472 #87E072

square

#72BEE0 #CB72E0 #E09472 #87E072

split-complementary

#72BEE0 #E07287 #E0CB72

monochromatic

#2786B1 #40A7D5 #72BEE0 #A4D5EB #D6ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#72BEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE0

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE0	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.090 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1e9',
    500: '#72bee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee0;
$custom-light: #a1d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76484,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE0

secondary

#E9D0C5

accent

#511ACC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE0

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

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