#72BFEA#72BFEA

#72BFEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.098 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFEA
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -12.14, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 31.17, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.057 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.098 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4161, 46.7762, 84.7248)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFEA #EA9D72

analogous

#72EAD9 #72BFEA #7283EA

triadic

#72BFEA #EA72BF #BFEA72

tetradic

#72BFEA #D972EA #EA9D72 #83EA72

square

#72BFEA #D972EA #EA9D72 #83EA72

split-complementary

#72BFEA #EA7283 #EAD972

monochromatic

#1D88C4 #3DA7E2 #72BFEA #A7D7F2 #DDEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BFEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#72BFEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFEA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFEA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BCACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.098 234.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77113,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFEA

secondary

#EED7CA

accent

#570FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFEA

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

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