#72BEFE#72BEFE

#72BEFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.119 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BEFE
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 254)
HSL	hsl(207, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -5.74, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 39.14, 261.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0493 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.119 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2358, 47.5564, 100.6476)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BEFE #FEB272

analogous

#72FEF8 #72BEFE #7278FE

triadic

#72BEFE #FE72BE #BEFE72

tetradic

#72BEFE #F872FE #FEB272 #78FE72

square

#72BEFE #F872FE #FEB272 #78FE72

split-complementary

#72BEFE #FE7278 #FEF872

monochromatic

#0285F4 #35A2FE #72BEFE #AFDAFE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72BEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#72BEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BEFE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BEFE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72befe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.119 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1ff',
    500: '#72befe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72befe;
$custom-light: #a4d1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72befe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.429,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77763,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BEFE

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BEFE

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

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