#72B2FD#72B2FD

#72B2FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2FD
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 253)
HSL	hsl(212, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 0.56, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 43.37, 270.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0366 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.127 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5832, 42.5067, 98.9754)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2FD #FDBD72

analogous

#72F8FD #72B2FD #7872FD

triadic

#72B2FD #FD72B2 #B2FD72

tetradic

#72B2FD #FD72F8 #FDBD72 #72FD78

square

#72B2FD #FD72F8 #FDBD72 #72FD78

split-complementary

#72B2FD #FD7872 #F8FD72

monochromatic

#0371F1 #3691FC #72B2FD #AED3FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B2FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#72B2FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2FD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2FD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A8FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8fe',
    500: '#72b2fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2fd;
$custom-light: #a3c8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.374,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75134,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2FD

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2FD

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

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