#72BFEF#72BFEF

#72BFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.103 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BFEF
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -10.70, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 32.91, 251.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0553 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.103 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1445, 47.0676, 88.5614)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BFEF #EFA272

analogous

#72EFE1 #72BFEF #7281EF

triadic

#72BFEF #EF72BF #BFEF72

tetradic

#72BFEF #E172EF #EFA272 #81EF72

square

#72BFEF #E172EF #EFA272 #81EF72

split-complementary

#72BFEF #EF7281 #EFE172

monochromatic

#1889CF #3BA6E9 #72BFEF #A9D8F5 #E0F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#72BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFEF

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BFEF	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.103 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2f4',
    500: '#72bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bfef;
$custom-light: #a2d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.04,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77323,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BFEF

secondary

#F1DACC

accent

#5A0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFEF

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

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