#72BEE7#72BEE7

#72BEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.096 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE7
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -12.47, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 30.36, 245.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0569 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.096 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7714, 46.1706, 82.4018)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE7 #E79B72

analogous

#72E7D6 #72BEE7 #7283E7

triadic

#72BEE7 #E772BE #BEE772

tetradic

#72BEE7 #D672E7 #E79B72 #83E772

square

#72BEE7 #D672E7 #E79B72 #83E772

split-complementary

#72BEE7 #E77283 #E7D672

monochromatic

#2087BE #3EA6DE #72BEE7 #A6D6F0 #DBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#72BEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE7

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE7	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.096 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ee',
    500: '#72bee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee7;
$custom-light: #a1d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.026,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76767,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE7

secondary

#EDD5C8

accent

#5613D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE7

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

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