#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
RGBrgb(114, 190, 248)
HSLhsl(206, 91%, 71%)
HSVhsv(206, 54%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 23.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.30, -7.53, -35.86)
CIE-LCHlch(74.30, 36.64, 258.15°)
OKLaboklab(77.49% -0.0512 -0.1003)
OKLCHoklch(77.49% 0.113 243)
XYZxyz(42.2900, 47.1780, 95.6664)
Luminance0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##72BEF81.002.0110.4410.44
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4421.001.001.00
##00000010.4421.001.001.00

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

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#72BEF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva