#72BDF9#72BDF9

#72BDF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.114 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDF9
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 249)
HSL	hsl(207, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -6.69, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 37.37, 259.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0498 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.114 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2297, 46.8086, 96.4137)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDF9 #F9AE72

analogous

#72F9F2 #72BDF9 #7279F9

triadic

#72BDF9 #F972BD #BDF972

tetradic

#72BDF9 #F272F9 #F9AE72 #79F972

square

#72BDF9 #F272F9 #F9AE72 #79F972

split-complementary

#72BDF9 #F97279 #F9F272

monochromatic

#0A85E7 #37A2F7 #72BDF9 #ADD8FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72BDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#72BDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDF9

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDF9	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.114 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fb',
    500: '#72bdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdf9;
$custom-light: #a3d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7732,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDF9

secondary

#F5E1D2

accent

#6600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDF9

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

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