#72B4FD#72B4FD

#72B4FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4FD
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 253)
HSL	hsl(212, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 28.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -0.55, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 42.51, 269.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0388 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.126 252)
XYZ	xyz(40.9840, 43.3084, 99.1091)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4FD #FDBB72

analogous

#72F9FD #72B4FD #7672FD

triadic

#72B4FD #FD72B4 #B4FD72

tetradic

#72B4FD #FD72F9 #FDBB72 #72FD76

square

#72B4FD #FD72F9 #FDBB72 #72FD76

split-complementary

#72B4FD #FD7672 #F9FD72

monochromatic

#0374F1 #3694FC #72B4FD #AED4FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72B4FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#72B4FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4FD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4FD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafe',
    500: '#72b4fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4fd;
$custom-light: #a3cafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.511,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75562,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.43312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4FD

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4FD

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

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