#72BEE5#72BEE5

#72BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.094 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE5
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -13.04, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 29.72, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0576 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.094 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4906, 46.0583, 80.9227)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE5 #E59972

analogous

#72E5D3 #72BEE5 #7285E5

triadic

#72BEE5 #E572BE #BEE572

tetradic

#72BEE5 #D372E5 #E59972 #85E572

square

#72BEE5 #D372E5 #E59972 #85E572

split-complementary

#72BEE5 #E57285 #E5D372

monochromatic

#2287BA #3EA6DB #72BEE5 #A6D6EF #D9EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#72BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE5

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE5	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.094 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ed',
    500: '#72bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee5;
$custom-light: #a1d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.348,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76685,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE5

secondary

#ECD4C7

accent

#5415D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE5

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

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