#72BDF1#72BDF1

#72BDF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF1
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 241)
HSL	hsl(205, 82%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -9.05, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 34.16, 254.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0524 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.106 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0084, 46.3201, 89.9817)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF1 #F1A672

analogous

#72F1E5 #72BDF1 #727EF1

triadic

#72BDF1 #F172BD #BDF172

tetradic

#72BDF1 #E572F1 #F1A672 #7EF172

square

#72BDF1 #E572F1 #F1A672 #7EF172

split-complementary

#72BDF1 #F1727E #F1E572

monochromatic

#1586D4 #3AA3EB #72BDF1 #AAD7F7 #E1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72BDF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#72BDF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF1

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF1	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f5',
    500: '#72bdf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf1;
$custom-light: #a2d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.567,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76968,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF1

secondary

#F2DCCD

accent

#5F07DE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF1

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

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