#72B0FE#72B0FE

#72B0FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0FE
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 254)
HSL	hsl(213, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 1.99, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 44.73, 272.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0342 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.13 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3479, 41.7805, 99.6849)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0FE #FEC072

analogous

#72F6FE #72B0FE #7A72FE

triadic

#72B0FE #FE72B0 #B0FE72

tetradic

#72B0FE #FE72F6 #FEC072 #72FE7A

square

#72B0FE #FE72F6 #FEC072 #72FE7A

split-complementary

#72B0FE #FE7A72 #F6FE72

monochromatic

#026DF4 #358EFE #72B0FE #AFD2FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B0FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#72B0FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0FE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0FE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02C2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c7ff',
    500: '#72b0fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0fe;
$custom-light: #a3c7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.429,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74758,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0FE

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0FE

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

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