#72BCFE#72BCFE

#72BCFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCFE
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 254)
HSL	hsl(208, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 26%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -4.65, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 39.84, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0472 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.121 247)
XYZ	xyz(42.8056, 46.6959, 100.5042)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCFE #FEB472

analogous

#72FEFA #72BCFE #7276FE

triadic

#72BCFE #FE72BC #BCFE72

tetradic

#72BCFE #FA72FE #FEB472 #76FE72

square

#72BCFE #FA72FE #FEB472 #76FE72

split-complementary

#72BCFE #FE7276 #FEFA72

monochromatic

#0282F4 #359FFE #72BCFE #AFD9FE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BCFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#72BCFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCFE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCFE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EB0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0ff',
    500: '#72bcfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcfe;
$custom-light: #a3d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.286,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7733,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCFE

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCFE

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

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