#72BDF7#72BDF7

#72BDF7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF7
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 247)
HSL	hsl(206, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -7.28, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 36.54, 258.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0504 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.112 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9194, 46.6845, 94.7796)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF7 #F7AC72

analogous

#72F7EE #72BDF7 #727AF7

triadic

#72BDF7 #F772BD #BDF772

tetradic

#72BDF7 #EE72F7 #F7AC72 #7AF772

square

#72BDF7 #EE72F7 #F7AC72 #7AF772

split-complementary

#72BDF7 #F7727A #F7EE72

monochromatic

#0D85E2 #38A2F4 #72BDF7 #ACD8FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BDF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#72BDF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF7

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF7	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BDFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fa',
    500: '#72bdf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf7;
$custom-light: #a3d0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.165,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77231,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF7

secondary

#F4E0D1

accent

#6400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF7

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

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