#72B3F8#72B3F8

#72B3F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3F8
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 248)
HSL	hsl(211, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 27.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -1.51, -40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 40.60, 267.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0391 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.12 251)
XYZ	xyz(39.9968, 42.5916, 94.9020)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3F8 #F8B772

analogous

#72F6F8 #72B3F8 #7472F8

triadic

#72B3F8 #F872B3 #B3F872

tetradic

#72B3F8 #F872F6 #F8B772 #72F874

square

#72B3F8 #F872F6 #F8B772 #72F874

split-complementary

#72B3F8 #F87472 #F6F872

monochromatic

#0B75E4 #3894F5 #72B3F8 #ACD2FB #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B3F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#72B3F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3F8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3F8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B6FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9fb',
    500: '#72b3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3f8;
$custom-light: #a3c9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.896,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.42595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3F8

secondary

#F5E3D1

accent

#7600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3F8

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

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