#72A9F5#72A9F5

#72A9F5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A9F5
RGB	rgb(114, 169, 245)
HSL	hsl(215, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 31%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 3.18, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 43.52, 274.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0289 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.126 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6031, 38.5430, 91.8265)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A9F5 #F5BE72

analogous

#72EBF5 #72A9F5 #7C72F5

triadic

#72A9F5 #F572A9 #A9F572

tetradic

#72A9F5 #F572EB #F5BE72 #72F57C

square

#72A9F5 #F572EB #F5BE72 #72F57C

split-complementary

#72A9F5 #F57C72 #EBF572

monochromatic

#1066DD #3986F1 #72A9F5 #ABCCF9 #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72A9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#72A9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A9F5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A9F5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAEF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA1F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c2f9',
    500: '#72a9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a9f5;
$custom-light: #a2c2f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.809,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A9F5

secondary

#F3E4CF

accent

#8502E3

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A9F5

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

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