#72BEEF#72BEEF

#72BEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.103 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEEF
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -10.17, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 33.14, 252.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0542 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.103 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9272, 46.6329, 88.4889)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEEF #EFA372

analogous

#72EFE2 #72BEEF #7280EF

triadic

#72BEEF #EF72BE #BEEF72

tetradic

#72BEEF #E272EF #EFA372 #80EF72

square

#72BEEF #E272EF #EFA372 #80EF72

split-complementary

#72BEEF #EF7280 #EFE272

monochromatic

#1887CF #3BA5E9 #72BEEF #A9D7F5 #E0F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#72BEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEEF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEEF	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72beef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.103 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f4',
    500: '#72beef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72beef;
$custom-light: #a2d1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72beef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.52,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEEF

secondary

#F1DACC

accent

#5C0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEEF

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

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