#72BEFA#72BEFA

#72BEFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.115 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEFA
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 250)
HSL	hsl(206, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 24%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -6.93, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 37.46, 259.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0506 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.115 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6019, 47.3028, 97.3093)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEFA #FAAE72

analogous

#72FAF2 #72BEFA #727AFA

triadic

#72BEFA #FA72BE #BEFA72

tetradic

#72BEFA #F272FA #FAAE72 #7AFA72

square

#72BEFA #F272FA #FAAE72 #7AFA72

split-complementary

#72BEFA #FA727A #FAF272

monochromatic

#0886E9 #37A3F8 #72BEFA #ADD9FC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72BEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#72BEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEFA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEFA	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BFFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B1F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72befa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.115 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1fc',
    500: '#72befa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72befa;
$custom-light: #a3d1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72befa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77583,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEFA

secondary

#F6E2D2

accent

#6500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEFA

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

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