#72BDF0#72BDF0

#72BDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.105 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF0
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(204, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -9.34, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 33.77, 253.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0527 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.105 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8595, 46.2605, 89.1972)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF0 #F0A572

analogous

#72F0E4 #72BDF0 #727EF0

triadic

#72BDF0 #F072BD #BDF072

tetradic

#72BDF0 #E472F0 #F0A572 #7EF072

square

#72BDF0 #E472F0 #F0A572 #7EF072

split-complementary

#72BDF0 #F0727E #F0E472

monochromatic

#1686D1 #3BA3EA #72BDF0 #A9D7F6 #E1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#72BDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF0

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF0	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.105 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f5',
    500: '#72bdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf0;
$custom-light: #a2d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76925,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF0

secondary

#F1DBCD

accent

#5E08DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF0

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

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