#72B1F5#72B1F5

#72B1F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1F5
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 245)
HSL	hsl(211, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -1.30, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 40.02, 268.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0378 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.118 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1372, 41.6111, 92.3378)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1F5 #F5B672

analogous

#72F3F5 #72B1F5 #7472F5

triadic

#72B1F5 #F572B1 #B1F572

tetradic

#72B1F5 #F572F3 #F5B672 #72F574

square

#72B1F5 #F572F3 #F5B672 #72F574

split-complementary

#72B1F5 #F57472 #F3F572

monochromatic

#1072DD #3991F1 #72B1F5 #ABD1F9 #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B1F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#72B1F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1F5

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1F5	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B4F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20C1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f8',
    500: '#72b1f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1f5;
$custom-light: #a2c8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.145,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74537,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1F5

secondary

#F3E2CF

accent

#7702E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1F5

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

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