#72BDEC#72BDEC

#72BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.101 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDEC
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -10.50, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 32.29, 251.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.054 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.101 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2718, 46.0254, 86.1022)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDEC #ECA172

analogous

#72ECDE #72BDEC #7280EC

triadic

#72BDEC #EC72BD #BDEC72

tetradic

#72BDEC #DE72EC #ECA172 #80EC72

square

#72BDEC #DE72EC #ECA172 #80EC72

split-complementary

#72BDEC #EC7280 #ECDE72

monochromatic

#1B86C9 #3CA4E5 #72BDEC #A8D6F3 #DEEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#72BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDEC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDEC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.101 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f2',
    500: '#72bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdec;
$custom-light: #a2d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.115,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76754,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDEC

secondary

#EFD9CB

accent

#5B0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDEC

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

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