#72BBF0#72BBF0

#72BBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.106 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBF0
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 240)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -8.26, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 34.33, 256.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0505 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.106 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4322, 45.4060, 89.0547)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBF0 #F0A772

analogous

#72F0E6 #72BBF0 #727CF0

triadic

#72BBF0 #F072BB #BBF072

tetradic

#72BBF0 #E672F0 #F0A772 #7CF072

square

#72BBF0 #E672F0 #F0A772 #7CF072

split-complementary

#72BBF0 #F0727C #F0E672

monochromatic

#1683D1 #3BA0EA #72BBF0 #A9D6F6 #E1F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#72BBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBF0

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBF0	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.106 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cff5',
    500: '#72bbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbf0;
$custom-light: #a2cff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.238,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBF0

secondary

#F1DCCD

accent

#6208DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBF0

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

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