#72BEEB#72BEEB

#72BEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.099 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEEB
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -11.32, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 31.71, 249.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0555 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.099 236)
XYZ	xyz(40.3428, 46.3992, 85.4111)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEEB #EB9F72

analogous

#72EBDB #72BEEB #7281EB

triadic

#72BEEB #EB72BE #BEEB72

tetradic

#72BEEB #DB72EB #EB9F72 #81EB72

square

#72BEEB #DB72EB #EB9F72 #81EB72

split-complementary

#72BEEB #EB7281 #EBDB72

monochromatic

#1C87C6 #3CA5E3 #72BEEB #A8D7F3 #DDEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#72BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEEB

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEEB	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ACACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.099 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f1',
    500: '#72beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beeb;
$custom-light: #a2d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.314,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.46402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEEB

secondary

#EFD8CA

accent

#590ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEEB

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

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