#72B4F9#72B4F9

#72B4F9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4F9
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 249)
HSL	hsl(211, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -1.76, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 40.65, 267.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0399 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.121 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3535, 43.0562, 95.7883)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4F9 #F9B772

analogous

#72F7F9 #72B4F9 #7372F9

triadic

#72B4F9 #F972B4 #B4F972

tetradic

#72B4F9 #F972F7 #F9B772 #72F973

square

#72B4F9 #F972F7 #F9B772 #72F973

split-complementary

#72B4F9 #F97372 #F7F972

monochromatic

#0A76E7 #3795F7 #72B4F9 #ADD3FB #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72B4F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#72B4F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4F9

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4F9	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafb',
    500: '#72b4f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4f9;
$custom-light: #a3cafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75372,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4F9

secondary

#F5E4D2

accent

#7500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4F9

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

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