#72BDFA#72BDFA

#72BDFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDFA
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 250)
HSL	hsl(207, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -6.39, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 37.79, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0495 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.115 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3861, 46.8711, 97.2373)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDFA #FAAF72

analogous

#72FAF3 #72BDFA #7279FA

triadic

#72BDFA #FA72BD #BDFA72

tetradic

#72BDFA #F372FA #FAAF72 #79FA72

square

#72BDFA #F372FA #FAAF72 #79FA72

split-complementary

#72BDFA #FA7279 #FAF372

monochromatic

#0884E9 #37A1F8 #72BDFA #ADD9FC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#72BDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDFA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDFA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fc',
    500: '#72bdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdfa;
$custom-light: #a3d0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.912,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77365,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDFA

secondary

#F6E2D2

accent

#6700E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDFA

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

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