#72BCED#72BCED

#72BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.102 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCED
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -9.68, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 32.90, 252.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0526 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.102 239)
XYZ	xyz(40.2032, 45.6550, 86.7980)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCED #EDA372

analogous

#72EDE0 #72BCED #727FED

triadic

#72BCED #ED72BC #BCED72

tetradic

#72BCED #E072ED #EDA372 #7FED72

square

#72BCED #E072ED #EDA372 #7FED72

split-complementary

#72BCED #ED727F #EDE072

monochromatic

#1A84CB #3CA2E6 #72BCED #A8D6F4 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#72BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCED

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCED	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.102 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f3',
    500: '#72bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bced;
$custom-light: #a2d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.902,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76575,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.45658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCED

secondary

#F0DACB

accent

#5E0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCED

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

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