#72BFE7#72BFE7

#72BFE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.095 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFE7
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -13.00, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 30.19, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.058 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.095 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9887, 46.6053, 82.4742)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFE7 #E79A72

analogous

#72E7D5 #72BFE7 #7284E7

triadic

#72BFE7 #E772BF #BFE772

tetradic

#72BFE7 #D572E7 #E79A72 #84E772

square

#72BFE7 #D572E7 #E79A72 #84E772

split-complementary

#72BFE7 #E77284 #E7D572

monochromatic

#2088BE #3EA7DE #72BFE7 #A6D7F0 #DBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BFE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#72BFE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFE7

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFE7	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FCACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.095 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2ee',
    500: '#72bfe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfe7;
$custom-light: #a1d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFE7

secondary

#EDD5C8

accent

#5413D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFE7

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

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