#72BDED#72BDED

#72BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.102 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDED
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -10.21, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 32.65, 251.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0537 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.102 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4175, 46.0837, 86.8695)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDED #EDA272

analogous

#72EDE0 #72BDED #7280ED

triadic

#72BDED #ED72BD #BDED72

tetradic

#72BDED #E072ED #EDA272 #80ED72

square

#72BDED #E072ED #EDA272 #80ED72

split-complementary

#72BDED #ED7280 #EDE072

monochromatic

#1A86CB #3CA4E6 #72BDED #A8D6F4 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#72BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDED

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDED	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.102 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f3',
    500: '#72bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bded;
$custom-light: #a2d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76796,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDED

secondary

#F0D9CB

accent

#5C0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDED

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

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