#72B2F5#72B2F5

#72B2F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2F5
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 245)
HSL	hsl(211, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -1.86, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 39.61, 267.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0389 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.118 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3354, 42.0076, 92.4039)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2F5 #F5B572

analogous

#72F4F5 #72B2F5 #7372F5

triadic

#72B2F5 #F572B2 #B2F572

tetradic

#72B2F5 #F572F4 #F5B572 #72F573

square

#72B2F5 #F572F4 #F5B572 #72F573

split-complementary

#72B2F5 #F57372 #F4F572

monochromatic

#1074DD #3993F1 #72B2F5 #ABD1F9 #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B2F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#72B2F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2F5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2F5	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f8',
    500: '#72b2f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2f5;
$custom-light: #a2c8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.687,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2F5

secondary

#F3E2CF

accent

#7502E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2F5

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

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