#72B4F6#72B4F6

#72B4F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B4F6
RGBrgb(114, 180, 246)
HSLhsl(210, 88%, 71%)
HSVhsv(210, 54%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(53.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.47, -2.66, -39.19)
CIE-LCHlch(71.47, 39.28, 266.11°)
OKLaboklab(75.23% -0.0408 -0.1099)
OKLCHoklch(75.23% 0.117 249.6)
XYZxyz(39.8893, 42.8705, 93.3437)
Luminance0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B4F6 #F6B472
analogous
#72F6F6 #72B4F6 #7272F6
triadic
#72B4F6 #F672B4 #B4F672
tetradic
#72B4F6 #F672F6 #F6B472 #72F672
square
#72B4F6 #F672F6 #F6B472 #72F672
split-complementary
#72B4F6 #F67272 #F6F672
monochromatic
#0E77DF #3895F2 #72B4F6 #ACD3FA #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#72B4F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57
#72B4F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4F6
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B4F6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B4F61.002.199.579.57
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5721.001.001.00
##0000009.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B6F9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A9F5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1CC3CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b4f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 249.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3caf9',
    500: '#72b4f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b4f6;
$custom-light: #a3caf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b4f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B4F6
secondary
#F4E2D0
accent
#7301E5
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72B4F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva