#72BEEE#72BEEE

#72BEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.102 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEEE
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -10.46, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 32.78, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0545 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.102 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7799, 46.5740, 87.7130)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEEE #EEA272

analogous

#72EEE0 #72BEEE #7280EE

triadic

#72BEEE #EE72BE #BEEE72

tetradic

#72BEEE #E072EE #EEA272 #80EE72

square

#72BEEE #E072EE #EEA272 #80EE72

split-complementary

#72BEEE #EE7280 #EEE072

monochromatic

#1987CD #3BA5E7 #72BEEE #A9D7F5 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#72BEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEEE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEEE	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.102 237.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEEE

secondary

#F0DACC

accent

#5B0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEEE

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

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