#72BCF9#72BCF9

#72BCF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.115 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCF9
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(207, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -6.15, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 37.70, 260.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0487 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.115 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0154, 46.3799, 96.3423)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCF9 #F9AF72

analogous

#72F9F2 #72BCF9 #7278F9

triadic

#72BCF9 #F972BC #BCF972

tetradic

#72BCF9 #F272F9 #F9AF72 #78F972

square

#72BCF9 #F272F9 #F9AF72 #78F972

split-complementary

#72BCF9 #F97278 #F9F272

monochromatic

#0A83E7 #37A0F7 #72BCF9 #ADD8FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#72BCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCF9

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCF9	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AFF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BCBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.115 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fb',
    500: '#72bcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcf9;
$custom-light: #a3d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCF9

secondary

#F5E2D2

accent

#6800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCF9

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

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