#72B3F4#72B3F4

#72B3F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3F4
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 244)
HSL	hsl(210, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -2.71, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 38.76, 265.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0403 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.116 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3829, 42.3461, 91.6687)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3F4 #F4B372

analogous

#72F4F4 #72B3F4 #7272F4

triadic

#72B3F4 #F472B3 #B3F472

tetradic

#72B3F4 #F472F4 #F4B372 #72F472

square

#72B3F4 #F472F4 #F4B372 #72F472

split-complementary

#72B3F4 #F47272 #F4F472

monochromatic

#1176DB #3994F0 #72B3F4 #ABD2F8 #E3F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B3F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#72B3F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3F4

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3F4	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B5F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f8',
    500: '#72b3f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3f4;
$custom-light: #a2c9f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74922,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3F4

secondary

#F3E1CF

accent

#7303E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3F4

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

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