#72BDF2#72BDF2

#72BDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.107 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF2
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 242)
HSL	hsl(205, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -8.76, -33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 34.55, 255.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.052 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.107 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1582, 46.3800, 90.7705)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF2 #F2A772

analogous

#72F2E7 #72BDF2 #727DF2

triadic

#72BDF2 #F272BD #BDF272

tetradic

#72BDF2 #E772F2 #F2A772 #7DF272

square

#72BDF2 #E772F2 #F2A772 #7DF272

split-complementary

#72BDF2 #F2727D #F2E772

monochromatic

#1485D6 #3AA3ED #72BDF2 #AAD7F7 #E2F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#72BDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF2

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF2	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B0F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FCACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.107 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f6',
    500: '#72bdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf2;
$custom-light: #a2d0f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.844,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77011,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF2

secondary

#F2DDCE

accent

#6006E0

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF2

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

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