#72B4F7#72B4F7

#72B4F7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4F7
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 247)
HSL	hsl(210, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -2.36, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 39.73, 266.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0405 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.118 250)
XYZ	xyz(40.0432, 42.9320, 94.1542)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4F7 #F7B572

analogous

#72F6F7 #72B4F7 #7272F7

triadic

#72B4F7 #F772B4 #B4F772

tetradic

#72B4F7 #F772F6 #F7B572 #72F772

square

#72B4F7 #F772F6 #F7B572 #72F772

split-complementary

#72B4F7 #F77272 #F6F772

monochromatic

#0D76E2 #3895F4 #72B4F7 #ACD3FA #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72B4F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#72B4F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4F7

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4F7	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)

#98B6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafa',
    500: '#72b4f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4f7;
$custom-light: #a3cafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.226,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75278,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.42935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4F7

secondary

#F4E3D1

accent

#7400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4F7

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

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