#72BEFD#72BEFD

#72BEFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEFD
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 253)
HSL	hsl(207, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -6.04, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 38.71, 261.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0496 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.118 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0761, 47.4925, 99.8064)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEFD #FDB172

analogous

#72FDF6 #72BEFD #7279FD

triadic

#72BEFD #FD72BE #BEFD72

tetradic

#72BEFD #F672FD #FDB172 #79FD72

square

#72BEFD #F672FD #FDB172 #79FD72

split-complementary

#72BEFD #FD7279 #FDF672

monochromatic

#0385F1 #36A2FC #72BEFD #AEDAFE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72BEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#72BEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEFD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEFD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72befd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1fe',
    500: '#72befd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72befd;
$custom-light: #a3d1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72befd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.194,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77718,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEFD

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEFD

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

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