#72ABFA#72ABFA

#72ABFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72ABFA
RGBrgb(114, 171, 250)
HSLhsl(215, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(215, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(54.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.19, 3.58, -44.92)
CIE-LCHlch(69.19, 45.07, 274.55°)
OKLaboklab(73.5% -0.0298 -0.1266)
OKLCHoklch(73.5% 0.13 256.8)
XYZxyz(38.7517, 39.6022, 96.0258)
Luminance0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72ABFA #FAC172
analogous
#72EFFA #72ABFA #7D72FA
triadic
#72ABFA #FA72AB #ABFA72
tetradic
#72ABFA #FA72EF #FAC172 #72FA7D
square
#72ABFA #FA72EF #FAC172 #72FA7D
split-complementary
#72ABFA #FA7D72 #EFFA72
monochromatic
#0867E9 #3788F8 #72ABFA #ADCEFC #E1EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#72ABFA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#72ABFA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ABFA
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72ABFA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72ABFA1.002.358.928.92
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BB0FD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7AA3F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#18BDC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72abfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 171, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 256.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3fc',
    500: '#72abfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72abfa;
$custom-light: #a3c3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72abfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.853,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72ABFA
secondary
#F6E7D2
accent
#8500E6
background
#FAFBFF
surface
#F4F7FF
border
#CED0D7
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185

Preview Lab

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#72ABFA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva