#72BEEC#72BEEC

#72BEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.100 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEEC
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -11.04, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 32.06, 249.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0552 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.1 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4877, 46.4571, 86.1742)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEEC #ECA072

analogous

#72ECDD #72BEEC #7281EC

triadic

#72BEEC #EC72BE #BEEC72

tetradic

#72BEEC #DD72EC #ECA072 #81EC72

square

#72BEEC #DD72EC #ECA072 #81EC72

split-complementary

#72BEEC #EC7281 #ECDD72

monochromatic

#1B87C9 #3CA5E5 #72BEEC #A8D7F3 #DEF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#72BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEEC

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEEC	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.100 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f2',
    500: '#72beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beec;
$custom-light: #a2d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76975,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEEC

secondary

#EFD8CB

accent

#5A0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEEC

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

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