#72B2FF#72B2FF

#72B2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2FF
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 255)
HSL	hsl(213, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 1.17, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 44.32, 271.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.036 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.13 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9035, 42.6348, 100.6622)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2FF #FFBF72

analogous

#72F8FF #72B2FF #7972FF

triadic

#72B2FF #FF72B2 #B2FF72

tetradic

#72B2FF #FF72F8 #FFBF72 #72FF79

square

#72B2FF #FF72F8 #FFBF72 #72FF79

split-complementary

#72B2FF #FF7972 #F8FF72

monochromatic

#0070F7 #3591FF #72B2FF #AFD3FF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72B2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#72B2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2FF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2FF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A8FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8ff',
    500: '#72b2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ff;
$custom-light: #a3c8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.766,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75232,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2FF

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2FF

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

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