#72B2FE#72B2FE

#72B2FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2FE
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 254)
HSL	hsl(213, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 0.87, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 43.84, 271.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0363 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.129 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7429, 42.5706, 99.8166)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2FE #FEBE72

analogous

#72F8FE #72B2FE #7872FE

triadic

#72B2FE #FE72B2 #B2FE72

tetradic

#72B2FE #FE72F8 #FEBE72 #72FE78

square

#72B2FE #FE72F8 #FEBE72 #72FE78

split-complementary

#72B2FE #FE7872 #F8FE72

monochromatic

#0270F4 #3591FE #72B2FE #AFD3FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B2FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72B2FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2FE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2FE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8ff',
    500: '#72b2fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2fe;
$custom-light: #a3c8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.571,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2FE

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2FE

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

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