#72BEE8#72BEE8

#72BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.097 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE8
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -12.18, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 30.69, 246.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0566 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.097 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9130, 46.2273, 83.1477)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE8 #E89C72

analogous

#72E8D7 #72BEE8 #7283E8

triadic

#72BEE8 #E872BE #BEE872

tetradic

#72BEE8 #D772E8 #E89C72 #83E872

square

#72BEE8 #D772E8 #E89C72 #83E872

split-complementary

#72BEE8 #E87283 #E8D772

monochromatic

#1F87C0 #3DA6DF #72BEE8 #A7D6F1 #DBEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#72BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE8

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE8	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.097 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d1ef',
    500: '#72bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee8;
$custom-light: #a1d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.356,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76808,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE8

secondary

#EDD6C9

accent

#5711D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE8

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

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