#72BCFA#72BCFA

#72BCFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCFA
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 250)
HSL	hsl(207, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -5.85, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 38.12, 261.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0484 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.116 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1717, 46.4424, 97.1659)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCFA #FAB072

analogous

#72FAF4 #72BCFA #7278FA

triadic

#72BCFA #FA72BC #BCFA72

tetradic

#72BCFA #F472FA #FAB072 #78FA72

square

#72BCFA #F472FA #FAB072 #78FA72

split-complementary

#72BCFA #FA7278 #FAF472

monochromatic

#0883E9 #37A0F8 #72BCFA #ADD8FC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BCFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#72BCFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCFA

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCFA	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fc',
    500: '#72bcfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcfa;
$custom-light: #a3d0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77148,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCFA

secondary

#F6E2D2

accent

#6900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCFA

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

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