#72BEE2#72BEE2

#72BEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.091 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE2
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -13.89, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 28.81, 241.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0587 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.091 230)
XYZ	xyz(39.0753, 45.8922, 78.7357)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE2 #E29672

analogous

#72E2CE #72BEE2 #7286E2

triadic

#72BEE2 #E272BE #BEE272

tetradic

#72BEE2 #CE72E2 #E29672 #86E272

square

#72BEE2 #CE72E2 #E29672 #86E272

split-complementary

#72BEE2 #E27286 #E2CE72

monochromatic

#2586B4 #3FA7D8 #72BEE2 #A5D5EC #D8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#72BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE2	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.091 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1eb',
    500: '#72bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee2;
$custom-light: #a1d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.45895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE2

secondary

#EAD1C6

accent

#5218CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE2

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

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