#72B4FA#72B4FA

#72B4FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4FA
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 250)
HSL	hsl(211, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 28%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -1.46, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 41.12, 267.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0396 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.122 251)
XYZ	xyz(40.5099, 43.1187, 96.6119)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4FA #FAB872

analogous

#72F8FA #72B4FA #7472FA

triadic

#72B4FA #FA72B4 #B4FA72

tetradic

#72B4FA #FA72F8 #FAB872 #72FA74

square

#72B4FA #FA72F8 #FAB872 #72FA74

split-complementary

#72B4FA #FA7472 #F8FA72

monochromatic

#0875E9 #3795F8 #72B4FA #ADD3FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72B4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#72B4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4FA

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4FA	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86AAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafc',
    500: '#72b4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4fa;
$custom-light: #a3cafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75419,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.43122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4FA

secondary

#F6E4D2

accent

#7600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4FA

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

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