#72B3FA#72B3FA

#72B3FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3FA
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 250)
HSL	hsl(211, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -0.90, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 41.53, 268.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0385 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.123 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3087, 42.7164, 96.5449)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3FA #FAB972

analogous

#72F7FA #72B3FA #7572FA

triadic

#72B3FA #FA72B3 #B3FA72

tetradic

#72B3FA #FA72F7 #FAB972 #72FA75

square

#72B3FA #FA72F7 #FAB972 #72FA75

split-complementary

#72B3FA #FA7572 #F7FA72

monochromatic

#0874E9 #3793F8 #72B3FA #ADD3FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72B3FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#72B3FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3FA

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3FA	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B6FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9fc',
    500: '#72b3fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3fa;
$custom-light: #a3c9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.324,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3FA

secondary

#F6E5D2

accent

#7800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3FA

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

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