#72BCFC#72BCFC

#72BCFC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCFC
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 252)
HSL	hsl(208, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -5.25, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 38.98, 262.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0478 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.118 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4870, 46.5685, 98.8262)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCFC #FCB272

analogous

#72FCF7 #72BCFC #7277FC

triadic

#72BCFC #FC72BC #BCFC72

tetradic

#72BCFC #F772FC #FCB272 #77FC72

square

#72BCFC #F772FC #FCB272 #77FC72

split-complementary

#72BCFC #FC7277 #FCF772

monochromatic

#0582EF #36A0FB #72BCFC #AED8FD #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BCFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#72BCFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCFC

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCFC	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB0FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcfc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 246.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcfc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.826,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCFC

secondary

#F6E4D3

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCFC

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

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