#72BCF1#72BCF1

#72BCF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.106 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BCF1
RGBrgb(114, 188, 241)
HSLhsl(205, 82%, 70%)
HSVhsv(205, 53%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(52.7%, 22%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.47, -8.51, -33.37)
CIE-LCHlch(73.47, 34.44, 255.69°)
OKLaboklab(76.75% -0.0513 -0.0932)
OKLCHoklch(76.75% 0.106 241.2)
XYZxyz(40.7941, 45.8913, 89.9102)
Luminance0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BCF1 #F1A772
analogous
#72F1E6 #72BCF1 #727DF1
triadic
#72BCF1 #F172BC #BCF172
tetradic
#72BCF1 #E672F1 #F1A772 #7DF172
square
#72BCF1 #E672F1 #F1A772 #7DF172
split-complementary
#72BCF1 #F1727D #F1E672
monochromatic
#1584D4 #3AA2EB #72BCF1 #AAD6F7 #E1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#72BCF1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18
#72BCF1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCF1
10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BCF1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BCF11.002.0610.1810.18
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1821.001.001.00
##00000010.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5BCF4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94AFF0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21C9CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72bcf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.106 241.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f5',
    500: '#72bcf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72bcf1;
$custom-light: #a2d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72bcf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76748,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BCF1
secondary
#F2DCCD
accent
#6107DE
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72BCF1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva