#72BEE6#72BEE6

#72BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.095 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE6
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -12.75, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 30.04, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0573 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.095 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6306, 46.1143, 81.6601)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE6 #E69A72

analogous

#72E6D4 #72BEE6 #7284E6

triadic

#72BEE6 #E672BE #BEE672

tetradic

#72BEE6 #D472E6 #E69A72 #84E672

square

#72BEE6 #D472E6 #E69A72 #84E672

split-complementary

#72BEE6 #E67284 #E6D472

monochromatic

#2187BC #3EA6DD #72BEE6 #A6D6EF #DAEEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#72BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE6

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE6	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.095 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ee',
    500: '#72bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee6;
$custom-light: #a1d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76726,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE6

secondary

#ECD4C8

accent

#5514D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE6

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

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