#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
RGBrgb(114, 177, 245)
HSLhsl(211, 87%, 70%)
HSVhsv(211, 53%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(53.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.60, -1.30, -39.99)
CIE-LCHlch(70.60, 40.02, 268.13°)
OKLaboklab(74.54% -0.0378 -0.1123)
OKLCHoklch(74.54% 0.118 251.4)
XYZxyz(39.1372, 41.6111, 92.3378)
Luminance0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##72B1F51.002.259.329.32
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3221.001.001.00
##0000009.3221.001.001.00

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

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#72B1F5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva