#72BFE1#72BFE1

#72BFE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.090 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BFE1
RGBrgb(114, 191, 225)
HSLhsl(198, 65%, 66%)
HSVhsv(198, 49%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(49.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.72, -14.69, -24.33)
CIE-LCHlch(73.72, 28.42, 238.87°)
OKLaboklab(76.75% -0.0602 -0.0674)
OKLCHoklch(76.75% 0.09 228.3)
XYZxyz(39.1558, 46.2721, 78.0876)
Luminance0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BFE1 #E19472
analogous
#72E1CB #72BFE1 #7288E1
triadic
#72BFE1 #E172BF #BFE172
tetradic
#72BFE1 #CB72E1 #E19472 #88E172
square
#72BFE1 #CB72E1 #E19472 #88E172
split-complementary
#72BFE1 #E17288 #E1CB72
monochromatic
#2688B3 #40A8D6 #72BFE1 #A4D6EC #D7EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#72BFE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26
#72BFE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFE1
10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BFE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BFE11.002.0510.2610.26
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2621.001.001.00
##00000010.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADBCE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DB0E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#36C9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72bfe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.090 228.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2ea',
    500: '#72bfe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72bfe1;
$custom-light: #a1d2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72bfe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.378,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76748,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BFE1
secondary
#E9D0C5
accent
#5019CD
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#0F1416
muted
#7F8284

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#72BFE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva