#72BDFB#72BDFB

#72BDFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDFB
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 251)
HSL	hsl(207, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -6.09, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 38.21, 260.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0492 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.117 245)
XYZ	xyz(42.5433, 46.9340, 98.0653)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDFB #FBB072

analogous

#72FBF4 #72BDFB #7279FB

triadic

#72BDFB #FB72BD #BDFB72

tetradic

#72BDFB #F472FB #FBB072 #79FB72

square

#72BDFB #F472FB #FBB072 #79FB72

split-complementary

#72BDFB #FB7279 #FBF472

monochromatic

#0784EC #36A1F9 #72BDFB #AED9FD #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BDFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#72BDFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDFB

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDFB	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BEFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fd',
    500: '#72bdfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdfb;
$custom-light: #a3d0fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.153,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDFB

secondary

#F6E3D3

accent

#6800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDFB

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

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