#72BDE7#72BDE7

#72BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.096 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDE7
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -11.94, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 30.54, 246.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0558 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.096 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5556, 45.7389, 82.3298)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDE7 #E79C72

analogous

#72E7D6 #72BDE7 #7283E7

triadic

#72BDE7 #E772BD #BDE772

tetradic

#72BDE7 #D672E7 #E79C72 #83E772

square

#72BDE7 #D672E7 #E79C72 #83E772

split-complementary

#72BDE7 #E77283 #E7D672

monochromatic

#2086BE #3EA5DE #72BDE7 #A6D5F0 #DBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#72BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDE7

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDE7	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.096 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0ee',
    500: '#72bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bde7;
$custom-light: #a1d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDE7

secondary

#EDD5C8

accent

#5813D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDE7

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

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