#72B2FA#72B2FA

#72B2FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2FA
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -0.35, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 41.94, 269.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0374 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.124 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1091, 42.3170, 96.4783)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2FA #FABA72

analogous

#72F6FA #72B2FA #7672FA

triadic

#72B2FA #FA72B2 #B2FA72

tetradic

#72B2FA #FA72F6 #FABA72 #72FA76

square

#72B2FA #FA72F6 #FABA72 #72FA76

split-complementary

#72B2FA #FA7672 #F6FA72

monochromatic

#0872E9 #3792F8 #72B2FA #ADD2FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B2FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#72B2FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2FA

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2FA	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fc',
    500: '#72b2fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2fa;
$custom-light: #a3c8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7499,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2FA

secondary

#F6E5D2

accent

#7A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2FA

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

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