#72B2F2#72B2F2

#72B2F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2F2
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 242)
HSL	hsl(210, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 26.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -2.76, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 38.23, 265.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0398 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.114 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8812, 41.8259, 90.0115)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2F2 #F2B272

analogous

#72F2F2 #72B2F2 #7272F2

triadic

#72B2F2 #F272B2 #B2F272

tetradic

#72B2F2 #F272F2 #F2B272 #72F272

square

#72B2F2 #F272F2 #F2B272 #72F272

split-complementary

#72B2F2 #F27272 #F2F272

monochromatic

#1475D6 #3A93ED #72B2F2 #AAD1F7 #E2EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B2F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#72B2F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2F2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2F2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B4F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A7F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f6',
    500: '#72b2f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2f2;
$custom-light: #a2c8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2F2

secondary

#F2E0CE

accent

#7306E0

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2F2

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

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