#72BCFD#72BCFD

#72BCFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCFD
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 253)
HSL	hsl(208, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -4.95, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 39.41, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0475 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.119 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6459, 46.6321, 99.6630)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCFD #FDB372

analogous

#72FDF9 #72BCFD #7276FD

triadic

#72BCFD #FD72BC #BCFD72

tetradic

#72BCFD #F972FD #FDB372 #76FD72

square

#72BCFD #F972FD #FDB372 #76FD72

split-complementary

#72BCFD #FD7276 #FDF972

monochromatic

#0382F1 #369FFC #72BCFD #AED9FE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BCFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#72BCFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCFD

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCFD	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EB0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fe',
    500: '#72bcfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcfd;
$custom-light: #a3d0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.058,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77284,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCFD

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCFD

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

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