#72B4F1#72B4F1

#72B4F1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4F1
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 241)
HSL	hsl(209, 82%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -4.16, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 37.03, 263.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0423 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.111 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1322, 42.5676, 89.3563)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4F1 #F1AF72

analogous

#72F1EE #72B4F1 #7275F1

triadic

#72B4F1 #F172B4 #B4F172

tetradic

#72B4F1 #EE72F1 #F1AF72 #75F172

square

#72B4F1 #EE72F1 #F1AF72 #75F172

split-complementary

#72B4F1 #F17275 #F1EE72

monochromatic

#1578D4 #3A96EB #72B4F1 #AAD2F7 #E1EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B4F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72B4F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4F1

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4F1	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf6',
    500: '#72b4f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4f1;
$custom-light: #a2caf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.819,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4F1

secondary

#F2DFCD

accent

#6F07DE

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4F1

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

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