#72B4FC#72B4FC

#72B4FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4FC
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 252)
HSL	hsl(211, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -0.85, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 42.05, 268.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0391 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.124 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8251, 43.2448, 98.2723)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4FC #FCBA72

analogous

#72F9FC #72B4FC #7572FC

triadic

#72B4FC #FC72B4 #B4FC72

tetradic

#72B4FC #FC72F9 #FCBA72 #72FC75

square

#72B4FC #FC72F9 #FCBA72 #72FC75

split-complementary

#72B4FC #FC7572 #F9FC72

monochromatic

#0575EF #3694FB #72B4FC #AED4FD #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72B4FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#72B4FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4FC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4FC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85AAFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafd',
    500: '#72b4fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4fc;
$custom-light: #a3cafd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75514,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4FC

secondary

#F6E6D3

accent

#7800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4FC

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

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