#72BEE9#72BEE9

#72BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.098 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEE9
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -11.90, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 31.02, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0562 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.098 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0555, 46.2842, 83.8979)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEE9 #E99D72

analogous

#72E9D9 #72BEE9 #7282E9

triadic

#72BEE9 #E972BE #BEE972

tetradic

#72BEE9 #D972E9 #E99D72 #82E972

square

#72BEE9 #D972E9 #E99D72 #82E972

split-complementary

#72BEE9 #E97282 #E9D972

monochromatic

#1E87C2 #3DA6E1 #72BEE9 #A7D6F1 #DCEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#72BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEE9

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEE9	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.098 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f0',
    500: '#72bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bee9;
$custom-light: #a2d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.681,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7685,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEE9

secondary

#EED6C9

accent

#5710D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEE9

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

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