#72BDF5#72BDF5

#72BDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.110 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF5
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(206, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -7.87, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 35.73, 257.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0511 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.11 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6125, 46.5617, 93.1629)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF5 #F5AA72

analogous

#72F5EC #72BDF5 #727BF5

triadic

#72BDF5 #F572BD #BDF572

tetradic

#72BDF5 #EC72F5 #F5AA72 #7BF572

square

#72BDF5 #EC72F5 #F5AA72 #7BF572

split-complementary

#72BDF5 #F5727B #F5EC72

monochromatic

#1085DD #39A2F1 #72BDF5 #ABD8F9 #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#72BDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#72BDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF5

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF5	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BDF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.110 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f8',
    500: '#72bdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf5;
$custom-light: #a3d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.649,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77142,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF5

secondary

#F3DFCF

accent

#6202E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF5

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

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