#72BDEE#72BDEE

#72BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDEE
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -9.92, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 33.02, 252.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0534 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.103 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5640, 46.1423, 87.6411)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDEE #EEA372

analogous

#72EEE1 #72BDEE #727FEE

triadic

#72BDEE #EE72BD #BDEE72

tetradic

#72BDEE #E172EE #EEA372 #7FEE72

square

#72BDEE #E172EE #EEA372 #7FEE72

split-complementary

#72BDEE #EE727F #EEE172

monochromatic

#1986CD #3BA3E7 #72BDEE #A9D7F5 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#72BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDEE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDEE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 238.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.71,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76839,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDEE

secondary

#F0DACC

accent

#5D0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDEE

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

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