#72BEF9#72BEF9

#72BEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.114 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEF9
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(206, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -7.23, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 37.05, 258.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0509 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.114 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4456, 47.2403, 96.4857)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEF9 #F9AD72

analogous

#72F9F0 #72BEF9 #727AF9

triadic

#72BEF9 #F972BE #BEF972

tetradic

#72BEF9 #F072F9 #F9AD72 #7AF972

square

#72BEF9 #F072F9 #F9AD72 #7AF972

split-complementary

#72BEF9 #F9727A #F9F072

monochromatic

#0A86E7 #37A3F7 #72BEF9 #ADD9FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72BEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#72BEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEF9

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEF9	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.114 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1fb',
    500: '#72bef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bef9;
$custom-light: #a3d1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.222,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77538,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEF9

secondary

#F5E1D2

accent

#6400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEF9

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

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