#72BEE4#72BEE4

#72BEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.093 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE4
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -13.32, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 29.41, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.058 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.093 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3513, 46.0026, 80.1894)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE4 #E49872

analogous

#72E4D1 #72BEE4 #7285E4

triadic

#72BEE4 #E472BE #BEE472

tetradic

#72BEE4 #D172E4 #E49872 #85E472

square

#72BEE4 #D172E4 #E49872 #85E472

split-complementary

#72BEE4 #E47285 #E4D172

monochromatic

#2387B8 #3FA6DA #72BEE4 #A5D6EE #D9EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#72BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE4	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.093 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ec',
    500: '#72bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee4;
$custom-light: #a1d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE4

secondary

#EBD3C7

accent

#5416D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE4

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

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