#72BFEB#72BFEB

#72BFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.099 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFEB
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 235)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -11.86, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 31.50, 247.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0566 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.099 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5601, 46.8338, 85.4836)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFEB #EB9E72

analogous

#72EBDA #72BFEB #7282EB

triadic

#72BFEB #EB72BF #BFEB72

tetradic

#72BFEB #DA72EB #EB9E72 #82EB72

square

#72BFEB #DA72EB #EB9E72 #82EB72

split-complementary

#72BFEB #EB7282 #EBDA72

monochromatic

#1C89C6 #3CA7E3 #72BFEB #A8D7F3 #DDF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#72BFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFEB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFEB	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ACBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.099 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2f1',
    500: '#72bfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfeb;
$custom-light: #a2d2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFEB

secondary

#EFD7CA

accent

#570ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFEB

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

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