#72BCF6#72BCF6

#72BCF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCF6
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 246)
HSL	hsl(206, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -7.04, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 36.45, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0496 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.112 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5512, 46.1942, 93.8976)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCF6 #F6AC72

analogous

#72F6EE #72BCF6 #727AF6

triadic

#72BCF6 #F672BC #BCF672

tetradic

#72BCF6 #EE72F6 #F6AC72 #7AF672

square

#72BCF6 #EE72F6 #F6AC72 #7AF672

split-complementary

#72BCF6 #F6727A #F6EE72

monochromatic

#0E83DF #38A1F2 #72BCF6 #ACD7FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BCF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#72BCF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCF6

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCF6	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BDF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AFF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f9',
    500: '#72bcf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcf6;
$custom-light: #a3d0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76968,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCF6

secondary

#F4E0D0

accent

#6501E5

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCF6

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

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