#72BFE8#72BFE8

#72BFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.096 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFE8
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -12.71, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 30.51, 245.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0577 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.096 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1304, 46.6619, 83.2202)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFE8 #E89B72

analogous

#72E8D6 #72BFE8 #7284E8

triadic

#72BFE8 #E872BF #BFE872

tetradic

#72BFE8 #D672E8 #E89B72 #84E872

square

#72BFE8 #D672E8 #E89B72 #84E872

split-complementary

#72BFE8 #E87284 #E8D672

monochromatic

#1F88C0 #3DA7DF #72BFE8 #A7D7F1 #DBEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#72BFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFE8

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFE8	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.096 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d2ef',
    500: '#72bfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfe8;
$custom-light: #a1d2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77031,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFE8

secondary

#EDD5C9

accent

#5511D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFE8

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

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