#72BFE5#72BFE5

#72BFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.094 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFE5
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -13.57, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 29.57, 242.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0587 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.094 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7079, 46.4929, 80.9951)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFE5 #E59872

analogous

#72E5D1 #72BFE5 #7286E5

triadic

#72BFE5 #E572BF #BFE572

tetradic

#72BFE5 #D172E5 #E59872 #86E572

square

#72BFE5 #D172E5 #E59872 #86E572

split-complementary

#72BFE5 #E57286 #E5D172

monochromatic

#2288BA #3EA8DB #72BFE5 #A6D6EF #D9EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#72BFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFE5

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFE5	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.094 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2ed',
    500: '#72bfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfe5;
$custom-light: #a1d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFE5

secondary

#ECD3C7

accent

#5315D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFE5

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

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