#72BDFE#72BDFE

#72BDFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDFE
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 254)
HSL	hsl(208, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -5.20, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 39.48, 262.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0482 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.12 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0200, 47.1247, 100.5756)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDFE #FEB372

analogous

#72FEF9 #72BDFE #7277FE

triadic

#72BDFE #FE72BD #BDFE72

tetradic

#72BDFE #F972FE #FEB372 #77FE72

square

#72BDFE #F972FE #FEB372 #77FE72

split-complementary

#72BDFE #FE7277 #FEF972

monochromatic

#0283F4 #35A1FE #72BDFE #AFD9FE #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72BDFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#72BDFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDFE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDFE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0ff',
    500: '#72bdfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bdfe;
$custom-light: #a4d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77546,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDFE

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDFE

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

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