#72BEF6#72BEF6

#72BEF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.110 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF6
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 246)
HSL	hsl(205, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -8.12, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 35.84, 256.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0518 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.11 242)
XYZ	xyz(41.9814, 47.0546, 94.0410)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF6 #F6AA72

analogous

#72F6EC #72BEF6 #727CF6

triadic

#72BEF6 #F672BE #BEF672

tetradic

#72BEF6 #EC72F6 #F6AA72 #7CF672

square

#72BEF6 #EC72F6 #F6AA72 #7CF672

split-complementary

#72BEF6 #F6727C #F6EC72

monochromatic

#0E87DF #38A3F2 #72BEF6 #ACD9FA #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#72BEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF6

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF6	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BEF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.110 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1f9',
    500: '#72bef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef6;
$custom-light: #a3d1f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77405,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.47058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF6

secondary

#F4DFD0

accent

#6201E5

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF6

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

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