#72BAFD#72BAFD

#72BAFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAFD
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 253)
HSL	hsl(209, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -3.86, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 40.14, 264.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0453 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.121 248)
XYZ	xyz(42.2216, 45.7835, 99.5216)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAFD #FDB572

analogous

#72FDFB #72BAFD #7275FD

triadic

#72BAFD #FD72BA #BAFD72

tetradic

#72BAFD #FB72FD #FDB572 #75FD72

square

#72BAFD #FB72FD #FDB572 #75FD72

split-complementary

#72BAFD #FD7275 #FDFB72

monochromatic

#037FF1 #369CFC #72BAFD #AED8FE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BAFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#72BAFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAFD

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAFD	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bafd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cefe',
    500: '#72bafd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bafd;
$custom-light: #a3cefe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bafd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.921,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76852,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.45787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAFD

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAFD

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

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