#72BFEC#72BFEC

#72BFEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.100 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFEC
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -11.57, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 31.85, 248.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0563 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.1 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7050, 46.8918, 86.2466)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFEC #EC9F72

analogous

#72ECDC #72BFEC #7282EC

triadic

#72BFEC #EC72BF #BFEC72

tetradic

#72BFEC #DC72EC #EC9F72 #82EC72

square

#72BFEC #DC72EC #EC9F72 #82EC72

split-complementary

#72BFEC #EC7282 #ECDC72

monochromatic

#1B89C9 #3CA7E5 #72BFEC #A8D7F3 #DEF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#72BFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFEC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFEC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.100 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2f2',
    500: '#72bfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfec;
$custom-light: #a2d2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.131,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77196,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFEC

secondary

#EFD8CB

accent

#580DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFEC

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

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