#72BCFF#72BCFF

#72BCFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.122 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BCFF
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -4.35, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 40.28, 263.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0468 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.122 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9661, 46.7602, 101.3497)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BCFF #FFB572

analogous

#72FFFC #72BCFF #7275FF

triadic

#72BCFF #FF72BC #BCFF72

tetradic

#72BCFF #FC72FF #FFB572 #75FF72

square

#72BCFF #FC72FF #FFB572 #75FF72

split-complementary

#72BCFF #FF7275 #FFFC72

monochromatic

#0081F7 #359FFF #72BCFF #AFD9FF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#72BCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BCFF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BCFF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DB0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.122 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0ff',
    500: '#72bcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bcff;
$custom-light: #a4d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.511,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77376,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BCFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BCFF

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

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