#72BEED#72BEED

#72BEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEED
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -10.75, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 32.42, 250.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0548 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.101 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6334, 46.5154, 86.9414)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEED #EDA172

analogous

#72EDDF #72BEED #7281ED

triadic

#72BEED #ED72BE #BEED72

tetradic

#72BEED #DF72ED #EDA172 #81ED72

square

#72BEED #DF72ED #EDA172 #81ED72

split-complementary

#72BEED #ED7281 #EDDF72

monochromatic

#1A87CB #3CA5E6 #72BEED #A8D7F4 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#72BEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEED

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEED	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f3',
    500: '#72beed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beed;
$custom-light: #a2d1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.927,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77017,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEED

secondary

#F0D9CB

accent

#5B0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEED

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

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