#72BEF7#72BEF7

#72BEF7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF7
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 247)
HSL	hsl(206, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -7.82, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 36.24, 257.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0515 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.112 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1353, 47.1162, 94.8516)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF7 #F7AB72

analogous

#72F7ED #72BEF7 #727BF7

triadic

#72BEF7 #F772BE #BEF772

tetradic

#72BEF7 #ED72F7 #F7AB72 #7BF772

square

#72BEF7 #ED72F7 #F7AB72 #7BF772

split-complementary

#72BEF7 #F7727B #F7ED72

monochromatic

#0D87E2 #38A3F4 #72BEF7 #ACD9FA #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72BEF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#72BEF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF7

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF7	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BEFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1fa',
    500: '#72bef7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef7;
$custom-light: #a3d1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77449,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF7

secondary

#F4E0D1

accent

#6200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF7

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

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