#72BDF3#72BDF3

#72BDF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.108 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF3
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 243)
HSL	hsl(205, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -8.46, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 34.94, 255.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0517 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.108 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3088, 46.4402, 91.5636)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF3 #F3A872

analogous

#72F3E8 #72BDF3 #727DF3

triadic

#72BDF3 #F372BD #BDF372

tetradic

#72BDF3 #E872F3 #F3A872 #7DF372

square

#72BDF3 #E872F3 #F3A872 #7DF372

split-complementary

#72BDF3 #F3727D #F3E872

monochromatic

#1285D8 #3AA3EE #72BDF3 #AAD7F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BDF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#72BDF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF3

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF3	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BDF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B0F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DCACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.108 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0f7',
    500: '#72bdf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf3;
$custom-light: #a2d0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF3

secondary

#F2DDCE

accent

#6105E1

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF3

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

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