#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
RGBrgb(114, 179, 244)
HSLhsl(210, 86%, 70%)
HSVhsv(210, 53%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(53.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.11, -2.71, -38.66)
CIE-LCHlch(71.11, 38.76, 265.99°)
OKLaboklab(74.92% -0.0403 -0.1084)
OKLCHoklch(74.92% 0.116 249.6)
XYZxyz(39.3829, 42.3461, 91.6687)
Luminance0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##72B3F41.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

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

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#72B3F4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva