#72BEE3#72BEE3

#72BEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.092 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE3
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -13.60, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 29.11, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0583 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.092 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2129, 45.9472, 79.4605)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE3 #E39772

analogous

#72E3D0 #72BEE3 #7286E3

triadic

#72BEE3 #E372BE #BEE372

tetradic

#72BEE3 #D072E3 #E39772 #86E372

square

#72BEE3 #D072E3 #E39772 #86E372

split-complementary

#72BEE3 #E37286 #E3D072

monochromatic

#2487B6 #3FA6D9 #72BEE3 #A5D6ED #D8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#72BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE3

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE3	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.092 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ec',
    500: '#72bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee3;
$custom-light: #a1d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.646,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76604,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE3

secondary

#EAD2C6

accent

#5317CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE3

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

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