#72BCF4#72BCF4

#72BCF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCF4
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 244)
HSL	hsl(206, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 23%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -7.63, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 35.63, 257.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0503 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.11 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2459, 46.0721, 92.2897)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCF4 #F4AA72

analogous

#72F4EB #72BCF4 #727BF4

triadic

#72BCF4 #F472BC #BCF472

tetradic

#72BCF4 #EB72F4 #F4AA72 #7BF472

square

#72BCF4 #EB72F4 #F4AA72 #7BF472

split-complementary

#72BCF4 #F4727B #F4EB72

monochromatic

#1184DB #39A1F0 #72BCF4 #ABD7F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#72BCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCF4

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCF4	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BCF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AFF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BCACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f8',
    500: '#72bcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcf4;
$custom-light: #a2d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7688,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCF4

secondary

#F3DECF

accent

#6303E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCF4

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

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