#72B2F8#72B2F8

#72B2F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2F8
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 248)
HSL	hsl(211, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 28.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -0.95, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 41.01, 268.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.038 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.121 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7971, 42.1923, 94.8355)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2F8 #F8B872

analogous

#72F5F8 #72B2F8 #7572F8

triadic

#72B2F8 #F872B2 #B2F872

tetradic

#72B2F8 #F872F5 #F8B872 #72F875

square

#72B2F8 #F872F5 #F8B872 #72F875

split-complementary

#72B2F8 #F87572 #F5F872

monochromatic

#0B73E4 #3892F5 #72B2F8 #ACD2FB #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B2F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#72B2F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2F8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2F8	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fb',
    500: '#72b2f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2f8;
$custom-light: #a3c8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.343,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2F8

secondary

#F5E4D1

accent

#7800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2F8

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

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