#72BCE7#72BCE7

#72BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCE7
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -11.41, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 30.74, 248.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0546 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.096 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3412, 45.3102, 82.2584)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCE7 #E79D72

analogous

#72E7D7 #72BCE7 #7282E7

triadic

#72BCE7 #E772BC #BCE772

tetradic

#72BCE7 #D772E7 #E79D72 #82E772

square

#72BCE7 #D772E7 #E79D72 #82E772

split-complementary

#72BCE7 #E77282 #E7D772

monochromatic

#2084BE #3EA3DE #72BCE7 #A6D5F0 #DBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#72BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCE7

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCE7	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0ee',
    500: '#72bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bce7;
$custom-light: #a1d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.051,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCE7

secondary

#EDD6C8

accent

#5913D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCE7

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

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