#72B2FB#72B2FB

#72B2FB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.125 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2FB
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 251)
HSL	hsl(212, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -0.05, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 42.42, 269.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0372 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.125 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2663, 42.3799, 97.3063)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2FB #FBBB72

analogous

#72F6FB #72B2FB #7772FB

triadic

#72B2FB #FB72B2 #B2FB72

tetradic

#72B2FB #FB72F6 #FBBB72 #72FB77

square

#72B2FB #FB72F6 #FBBB72 #72FB77

split-complementary

#72B2FB #FB7772 #F6FB72

monochromatic

#0772EC #3692F9 #72B2FB #AED3FD #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B2FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72B2FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2FB

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2FB	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.125 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fd',
    500: '#72b2fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2fb;
$custom-light: #a3c8fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.971,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75038,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2FB

secondary

#F6E6D3

accent

#7A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2FB

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

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