#72BEF3#72BEF3

#72BEF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF3
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 243)
HSL	hsl(205, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -9.00, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 34.66, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0528 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.107 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5247, 46.8719, 91.6356)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF3 #F3A772

analogous

#72F3E7 #72BEF3 #727EF3

triadic

#72BEF3 #F372BE #BEF372

tetradic

#72BEF3 #E772F3 #F3A772 #7EF372

square

#72BEF3 #E772F3 #F3A772 #7EF372

split-complementary

#72BEF3 #F3727E #F3E772

monochromatic

#1287D8 #3AA4EE #72BEF3 #AAD8F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#72BEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF3

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF3	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BEF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B0F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CCBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d1f7',
    500: '#72bef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef3;
$custom-light: #a2d1f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.651,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77274,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF3

secondary

#F2DDCE

accent

#5F05E1

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF3

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

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