#72BEF0#72BEF0

#72BEF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF0
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 240)
HSL	hsl(204, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -9.88, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 33.52, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0538 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.104 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0753, 46.6922, 89.2691)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF0 #F0A472

analogous

#72F0E3 #72BEF0 #727FF0

triadic

#72BEF0 #F072BE #BEF072

tetradic

#72BEF0 #E372F0 #F0A472 #7FF072

square

#72BEF0 #E372F0 #F0A472 #7FF072

split-complementary

#72BEF0 #F0727F #F0E372

monochromatic

#1687D1 #3BA4EA #72BEF0 #A9D7F6 #E1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#72BEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF0

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF0	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f5',
    500: '#72bef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef0;
$custom-light: #a2d1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77145,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF0

secondary

#F1DBCD

accent

#5D08DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF0

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

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