#72BDFF#72BDFF

#72BDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BDFF
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(208, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -4.90, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 39.92, 262.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0479 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.121 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1805, 47.1889, 101.4212)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BDFF #FFB472

analogous

#72FFFA #72BDFF #7277FF

triadic

#72BDFF #FF72BD #BDFF72

tetradic

#72BDFF #FA72FF #FFB472 #77FF72

square

#72BDFF #FA72FF #FFB472 #77FF72

split-complementary

#72BDFF #FF7277 #FFFA72

monochromatic

#0083F7 #35A0FF #72BDFF #AFDAFF #E0F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#72BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BDFF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BDFF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EB0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 246.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77592,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BDFF

secondary

#F7E4D4

accent

#6B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BDFF

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

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