#72B4F5#72B4F5

#72B4F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4F5
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 245)
HSL	hsl(210, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -2.96, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 38.82, 265.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0411 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.116 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7363, 42.8093, 92.5375)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4F5 #F5B372

analogous

#72F5F4 #72B4F5 #7272F5

triadic

#72B4F5 #F572B4 #B4F572

tetradic

#72B4F5 #F472F5 #F5B372 #72F572

square

#72B4F5 #F472F5 #F5B372 #72F572

split-complementary

#72B4F5 #F57272 #F5F472

monochromatic

#1077DD #3996F1 #72B4F5 #ABD2F9 #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72B4F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#72B4F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4F5

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4F5	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)

#99B6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf8',
    500: '#72b4f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4f5;
$custom-light: #a2caf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.771,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75184,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4F5

secondary

#F3E1CF

accent

#7202E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4F5

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

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