#72BEF8#72BEF8

#72BEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF8
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 248)
HSL	hsl(206, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 23.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -7.53, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 36.64, 258.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0512 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.113 243)
XYZ	xyz(42.2900, 47.1780, 95.6664)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF8 #F8AC72

analogous

#72F8EF #72BEF8 #727BF8

triadic

#72BEF8 #F872BE #BEF872

tetradic

#72BEF8 #EF72F8 #F8AC72 #7BF872

square

#72BEF8 #EF72F8 #F8AC72 #7BF872

split-complementary

#72BEF8 #F8727B #F8EF72

monochromatic

#0B86E4 #38A3F5 #72BEF8 #ACD9FB #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72BEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#72BEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF8	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DCCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1fa',
    500: '#72bef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef8;
$custom-light: #a3d1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77494,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.47182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF8

secondary

#F5E1D1

accent

#6300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF8

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

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