#72BCEA#72BCEA

#72BCEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.099 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCEA
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -10.55, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 31.79, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0536 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.099 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7685, 45.4811, 84.5090)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCEA #EAA072

analogous

#72EADC #72BCEA #7280EA

triadic

#72BCEA #EA72BC #BCEA72

tetradic

#72BCEA #DC72EA #EAA072 #80EA72

square

#72BCEA #DC72EA #EAA072 #80EA72

split-complementary

#72BCEA #EA7280 #EADC72

monochromatic

#1D84C4 #3DA3E2 #72BCEA #A7D5F2 #DDEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#72BCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCEA

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCEA	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.099 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f1',
    500: '#72bcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcea;
$custom-light: #a2d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76448,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCEA

secondary

#EED8CA

accent

#5C0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCEA

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

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