#72BBFF#72BBFF

#72BBFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBFF
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -3.80, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 40.65, 264.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0458 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.122 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7533, 46.3344, 101.2788)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBFF #FFB672

analogous

#72FFFC #72BBFF #7275FF

triadic

#72BBFF #FF72BB #BBFF72

tetradic

#72BBFF #FC72FF #FFB672 #75FF72

square

#72BBFF #FC72FF #FFB672 #75FF72

split-complementary

#72BBFF #FF7275 #FFFC72

monochromatic

#0080F7 #359DFF #72BBFF #AFD9FF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#72BBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBFF

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBFF	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfff',
    500: '#72bbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbff;
$custom-light: #a4cfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.936,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7716,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBFF

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

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