#72BCFB#72BCFB

#72BCFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCFB
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 251)
HSL	hsl(208, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -5.55, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 38.55, 261.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0481 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.117 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3290, 46.5053, 97.9939)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCFB #FBB172

analogous

#72FBF5 #72BCFB #7278FB

triadic

#72BCFB #FB72BC #BCFB72

tetradic

#72BCFB #F572FB #FBB172 #78FB72

square

#72BCFB #F572FB #FBB172 #78FB72

split-complementary

#72BCFB #FB7278 #FBF572

monochromatic

#0783EC #36A0F9 #72BCFB #AED8FD #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BCFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#72BCFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCFB

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCFB	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BDFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAFFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01CBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fd',
    500: '#72bcfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcfb;
$custom-light: #a3d0fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.591,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77193,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCFB

secondary

#F6E3D3

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCFB

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

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