#72BFE9#72BFE9

#72BFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.097 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFE9
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -12.43, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 30.83, 246.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0573 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.097 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2728, 46.7189, 83.9704)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFE9 #E99C72

analogous

#72E9D7 #72BFE9 #7284E9

triadic

#72BFE9 #E972BF #BFE972

tetradic

#72BFE9 #D772E9 #E99C72 #84E972

square

#72BFE9 #D772E9 #E99C72 #84E972

split-complementary

#72BFE9 #E97284 #E9D772

monochromatic

#1E88C2 #3DA7E1 #72BFE9 #A7D7F1 #DCEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#72BFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFE9

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFE9	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.097 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2f0',
    500: '#72bfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfe9;
$custom-light: #a2d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77072,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFE9

secondary

#EED6C9

accent

#5610D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFE9

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

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