#72BFEE#72BFEE

#72BFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.102 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFEE
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -10.99, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 32.55, 250.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0556 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.102 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9972, 47.0087, 87.7855)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFEE #EEA172

analogous

#72EEDF #72BFEE #7281EE

triadic

#72BFEE #EE72BF #BFEE72

tetradic

#72BFEE #DF72EE #EEA172 #81EE72

square

#72BFEE #DF72EE #EEA172 #81EE72

split-complementary

#72BFEE #EE7281 #EEDF72

monochromatic

#1989CD #3BA6E7 #72BFEE #A9D8F5 #DFF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#72BFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFEE

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFEE	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.102 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2f3',
    500: '#72bfee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfee;
$custom-light: #a2d2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFEE

secondary

#F0DACC

accent

#5A0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFEE

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

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