#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
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 246)
HSL	hsl(210, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -2.66, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 39.28, 266.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0408 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.117 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8893, 42.8705, 93.3437)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##72B4F6	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72B4F6

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

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