#72B3FB#72B3FB

#72B3FB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3FB
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 251)
HSL	hsl(212, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -0.60, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 41.99, 269.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0383 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.124 252)
XYZ	xyz(40.4660, 42.7793, 97.3729)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3FB #FBBA72

analogous

#72F7FB #72B3FB #7672FB

triadic

#72B3FB #FB72B3 #B3FB72

tetradic

#72B3FB #FB72F7 #FBBA72 #72FB76

square

#72B3FB #FB72F7 #FBBA72 #72FB76

split-complementary

#72B3FB #FB7672 #F7FB72

monochromatic

#0773EC #3693F9 #72B3FB #AED3FD #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72B3FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#72B3FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3FB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3FB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9fd',
    500: '#72b3fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3fb;
$custom-light: #a3c9fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.533,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3FB

secondary

#F6E5D3

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3FB

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

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