#72B1FA#72B1FA

#72B1FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1FA
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 0.21, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 42.37, 270.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0364 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.125 253)
XYZ	xyz(39.9108, 41.9206, 96.4122)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1FA #FABB72

analogous

#72F5FA #72B1FA #7772FA

triadic

#72B1FA #FA72B1 #B1FA72

tetradic

#72B1FA #FA72F5 #FABB72 #72FA77

square

#72B1FA #FA72F5 #FABB72 #72FA77

split-complementary

#72B1FA #FA7772 #F5FA72

monochromatic

#0871E9 #3790F8 #72B1FA #ADD2FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B1FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#72B1FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1FA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1FA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fc',
    500: '#72b1fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1fa;
$custom-light: #a3c8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.206,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74776,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.41924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1FA

secondary

#F6E5D2

accent

#7B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1FA

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

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