#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
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -14.69, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 28.42, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0602 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.09 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1558, 46.2721, 78.0876)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##72BFE1	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFE1

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

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