#72BCF3#72BCF3

#72BCF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCF3
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 243)
HSL	hsl(206, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -7.92, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 35.23, 257.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0506 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.108 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0945, 46.0115, 91.4922)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCF3 #F3A972

analogous

#72F3E9 #72BCF3 #727CF3

triadic

#72BCF3 #F372BC #BCF372

tetradic

#72BCF3 #E972F3 #F3A972 #7CF372

square

#72BCF3 #E972F3 #F3A972 #7CF372

split-complementary

#72BCF3 #F3727C #F3E972

monochromatic

#1284D8 #3AA1EE #72BCF3 #AAD7F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BCF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#72BCF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCF3

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCF3	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BCF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AFF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f7',
    500: '#72bcf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcf3;
$custom-light: #a2d0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.581,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCF3

secondary

#F2DECE

accent

#6305E1

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCF3

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

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