#72BDF4#72BDF4

#72BDF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.109 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF4
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 244)
HSL	hsl(205, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -8.17, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 35.33, 256.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0514 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.109 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4602, 46.5008, 92.3611)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF4 #F4A972

analogous

#72F4EA #72BDF4 #727CF4

triadic

#72BDF4 #F472BD #BDF472

tetradic

#72BDF4 #EA72F4 #F4A972 #7CF472

square

#72BDF4 #EA72F4 #F4A972 #7CF472

split-complementary

#72BDF4 #F4727C #F4EA72

monochromatic

#1185DB #39A2F0 #72BDF4 #ABD8F8 #E3F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#72BDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF4

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF4	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BDF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ACBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.109 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f8',
    500: '#72bdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf4;
$custom-light: #a3d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77098,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF4

secondary

#F3DECF

accent

#6203E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF4

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

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