#72BDF6#72BDF6

#72BDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.111 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF6
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 246)
HSL	hsl(206, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -7.58, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 36.14, 257.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0508 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.111 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7656, 46.6229, 93.9691)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF6 #F6AB72

analogous

#72F6ED #72BDF6 #727BF6

triadic

#72BDF6 #F672BD #BDF672

tetradic

#72BDF6 #ED72F6 #F6AB72 #7BF672

square

#72BDF6 #ED72F6 #F6AB72 #7BF672

split-complementary

#72BDF6 #F6727B #F6ED72

monochromatic

#0E85DF #38A2F2 #72BDF6 #ACD8FA #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#72BDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF6

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF6	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BDF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.111 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0f9',
    500: '#72bdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf6;
$custom-light: #a3d0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77187,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF6

secondary

#F4DFD0

accent

#6301E5

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF6

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

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