#72B4F8#72B4F8

#72B4F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4F8
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 248)
HSL	hsl(210, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 27.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -2.06, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 40.19, 267.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0402 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.12 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1980, 42.9939, 94.9691)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4F8 #F8B672

analogous

#72F7F8 #72B4F8 #7372F8

triadic

#72B4F8 #F872B4 #B4F872

tetradic

#72B4F8 #F872F7 #F8B672 #72F873

square

#72B4F8 #F872F7 #F8B672 #72F873

split-complementary

#72B4F8 #F87372 #F7F872

monochromatic

#0B76E4 #3895F5 #72B4F8 #ACD3FB #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72B4F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#72B4F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4F8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4F8	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafb',
    500: '#72b4f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4f8;
$custom-light: #a3cafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.448,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75325,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4F8

secondary

#F5E3D1

accent

#7400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4F8

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

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