#72BAFE#72BAFE

#72BAFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAFE
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 254)
HSL	hsl(209, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -3.56, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 40.58, 264.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.045 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.122 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3813, 45.8474, 100.3627)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAFE #FEB672

analogous

#72FEFC #72BAFE #7274FE

triadic

#72BAFE #FE72BA #BAFE72

tetradic

#72BAFE #FC72FE #FEB672 #74FE72

square

#72BAFE #FC72FE #FEB672 #74FE72

split-complementary

#72BAFE #FE7274 #FEFC72

monochromatic

#027EF4 #359CFE #72BAFE #AFD8FE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#72BAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAFE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAFE	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DBCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ceff',
    500: '#72bafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bafe;
$custom-light: #a3ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76898,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAFE

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAFE

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

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