#72B3FD#72B3FD

#72B3FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3FD
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 253)
HSL	hsl(212, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 29.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 0.01, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 42.94, 270.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0377 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.127 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7829, 42.9061, 99.0420)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3FD #FDBC72

analogous

#72F9FD #72B3FD #7672FD

triadic

#72B3FD #FD72B3 #B3FD72

tetradic

#72B3FD #FD72F9 #FDBC72 #72FD76

square

#72B3FD #FD72F9 #FDBC72 #72FD76

split-complementary

#72B3FD #FD7672 #F9FD72

monochromatic

#0373F1 #3692FC #72B3FD #AED4FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72B3FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#72B3FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3FD

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3FD	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A9FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9fe',
    500: '#72b3fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3fd;
$custom-light: #a3c9fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.942,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3FD

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3FD

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

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