#72BDFD#72BDFD

#72BDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDFD
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 253)
HSL	hsl(208, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -5.50, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 39.06, 261.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0486 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.119 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8602, 47.0608, 99.7345)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDFD #FDB272

analogous

#72FDF8 #72BDFD #7278FD

triadic

#72BDFD #FD72BD #BDFD72

tetradic

#72BDFD #F872FD #FDB272 #78FD72

square

#72BDFD #F872FD #FDB272 #78FD72

split-complementary

#72BDFD #FD7278 #FDF872

monochromatic

#0384F1 #36A1FC #72BDFD #AED9FE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72BDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#72BDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDFD

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDFD	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0fe',
    500: '#72bdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdfd;
$custom-light: #a3d0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.626,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77501,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDFD

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDFD

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

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