#72BDEB#72BDEB

#72BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.100 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDEB
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -10.79, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 31.93, 250.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0544 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.1 237)
XYZ	xyz(40.1270, 45.9675, 85.3392)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDEB #EBA072

analogous

#72EBDC #72BDEB #7280EB

triadic

#72BDEB #EB72BD #BDEB72

tetradic

#72BDEB #DC72EB #EBA072 #80EB72

square

#72BDEB #DC72EB #EBA072 #80EB72

split-complementary

#72BDEB #EB7280 #EBDC72

monochromatic

#1C86C6 #3CA4E3 #72BDEB #A8D6F3 #DDEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#72BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDEB

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDEB	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.100 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f1',
    500: '#72bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdeb;
$custom-light: #a2d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.81,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.45971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDEB

secondary

#EFD8CA

accent

#5B0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDEB

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

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