#72B2FC#72B2FC

#72B2FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2FC
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 252)
HSL	hsl(212, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 0.26, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 42.89, 270.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0369 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.126 253)
XYZ	xyz(40.4243, 42.4431, 98.1387)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2FC #FCBC72

analogous

#72F7FC #72B2FC #7772FC

triadic

#72B2FC #FC72B2 #B2FC72

tetradic

#72B2FC #FC72F7 #FCBC72 #72FC77

square

#72B2FC #FC72F7 #FCBC72 #72FC77

split-complementary

#72B2FC #FC7772 #F7FC72

monochromatic

#0571EF #3691FB #72B2FC #AED3FD #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B2FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#72B2FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2FC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2FC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fd',
    500: '#72b2fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2fc;
$custom-light: #a3c8fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.174,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.42446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2FC

secondary

#F6E6D3

accent

#7B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2FC

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

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