#72BEF5#72BEF5

#72BEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.109 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF5
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 245)
HSL	hsl(205, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -8.41, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 35.44, 256.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0522 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.109 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8283, 46.9934, 93.2349)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF5 #F5A972

analogous

#72F5EB #72BEF5 #727CF5

triadic

#72BEF5 #F572BE #BEF572

tetradic

#72BEF5 #EB72F5 #F5A972 #7CF572

square

#72BEF5 #EB72F5 #F5A972 #7CF572

split-complementary

#72BEF5 #F5727C #F5EB72

monochromatic

#1087DD #39A4F1 #72BEF5 #ABD8F9 #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#72BEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF5

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF5	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BEF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.109 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1f8',
    500: '#72bef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef5;
$custom-light: #a3d1f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.191,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77361,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF5

secondary

#F3DFCF

accent

#6102E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF5

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

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