#72BDE8#72BDE8

#72BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.097 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDE8
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -11.65, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 30.88, 247.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0554 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.097 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6972, 45.7956, 83.0758)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDE8 #E89D72

analogous

#72E8D8 #72BDE8 #7282E8

triadic

#72BDE8 #E872BD #BDE872

tetradic

#72BDE8 #D872E8 #E89D72 #82E872

square

#72BDE8 #D872E8 #E89D72 #82E872

split-complementary

#72BDE8 #E87282 #E8D872

monochromatic

#1F86C0 #3DA4DF #72BDE8 #A7D6F1 #DBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#72BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#72BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDE8

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDE8	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.097 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d0ef',
    500: '#72bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bde8;
$custom-light: #a1d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.864,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDE8

secondary

#EDD6C9

accent

#5811D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDE8

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

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