#72BCF5#72BCF5

#72BCF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCF5
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 245)
HSL	hsl(206, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -7.33, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 36.04, 258.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.05 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.111 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3981, 46.1330, 93.0915)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCF5 #F5AB72

analogous

#72F5ED #72BCF5 #727AF5

triadic

#72BCF5 #F572BC #BCF572

tetradic

#72BCF5 #ED72F5 #F5AB72 #7AF572

square

#72BCF5 #ED72F5 #F5AB72 #7AF572

split-complementary

#72BCF5 #F5727A #F5ED72

monochromatic

#1084DD #39A1F1 #72BCF5 #ABD7F9 #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#72BCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCF5

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCF5	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BCF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AFF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f8',
    500: '#72bcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcf5;
$custom-light: #a3d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.107,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCF5

secondary

#F3DFCF

accent

#6402E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCF5

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

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