#72B3FE#72B3FE

#72B3FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3FE
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 254)
HSL	hsl(212, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 0.31, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 43.41, 270.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0374 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.128 253)
XYZ	xyz(40.9426, 42.9700, 99.8832)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3FE #FEBD72

analogous

#72F9FE #72B3FE #7772FE

triadic

#72B3FE #FE72B3 #B3FE72

tetradic

#72B3FE #FE72F9 #FEBD72 #72FE77

square

#72B3FE #FE72F9 #FEBD72 #72FE77

split-complementary

#72B3FE #FE7772 #F9FE72

monochromatic

#0272F4 #3592FE #72B3FE #AFD4FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72B3FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#72B3FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3FE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3FE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9ff',
    500: '#72b3fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3fe;
$custom-light: #a3c9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75396,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.42973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3FE

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3FE

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

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