#72B2F9#72B2F9

#72B2F9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.122 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2F9
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 249)
HSL	hsl(212, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 28.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -0.65, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 41.47, 269.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0377 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.123 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9527, 42.2545, 95.6547)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2F9 #F9B972

analogous

#72F5F9 #72B2F9 #7572F9

triadic

#72B2F9 #F972B2 #B2F972

tetradic

#72B2F9 #F972F5 #F9B972 #72F975

square

#72B2F9 #F972F5 #F9B972 #72F975

split-complementary

#72B2F9 #F97572 #F5F972

monochromatic

#0A73E7 #3792F7 #72B2F9 #ADD2FB #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B2F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#72B2F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2F9

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2F9	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.122 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fb',
    500: '#72b2f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2f9;
$custom-light: #a3c8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.556,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2F9

secondary

#F5E4D2

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2F9

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

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