#72BCEB#72BCEB

#72BCEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.100 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCEB
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 20%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -10.26, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 32.16, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0533 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.1 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9126, 45.5388, 85.2677)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCEB #EBA172

analogous

#72EBDD #72BCEB #727FEB

triadic

#72BCEB #EB72BC #BCEB72

tetradic

#72BCEB #DD72EB #EBA172 #7FEB72

square

#72BCEB #DD72EB #EBA172 #7FEB72

split-complementary

#72BCEB #EB727F #EBDD72

monochromatic

#1C84C6 #3CA3E3 #72BCEB #A8D5F3 #DDEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#72BCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCEB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCEB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.100 237.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7649,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCEB

secondary

#EFD8CA

accent

#5C0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCEB

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

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