#72BEE1#72BEE1

#72BEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.091 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE1
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -14.17, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 28.53, 240.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.059 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.091 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9385, 45.8374, 78.0151)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE1 #E19572

analogous

#72E1CD #72BEE1 #7287E1

triadic

#72BEE1 #E172BE #BEE172

tetradic

#72BEE1 #CD72E1 #E19572 #87E172

square

#72BEE1 #CD72E1 #E19572 #87E172

split-complementary

#72BEE1 #E17287 #E1CD72

monochromatic

#2686B3 #40A7D6 #72BEE1 #A4D5EC #D7EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#72BEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE1

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE1	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.091 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ea',
    500: '#72bee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee1;
$custom-light: #a1d1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.919,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.09056,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE1

secondary

#E9D1C5

accent

#5219CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE1

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

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