#72B4FE#72B4FE

#72B4FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4FE
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 254)
HSL	hsl(212, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -0.25, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 42.98, 269.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0385 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.127 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1437, 43.3722, 99.9502)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4FE #FEBC72

analogous

#72FAFE #72B4FE #7672FE

triadic

#72B4FE #FE72B4 #B4FE72

tetradic

#72B4FE #FE72FA #FEBC72 #72FE76

square

#72B4FE #FE72FA #FEBC72 #72FE76

split-complementary

#72B4FE #FE7672 #FAFE72

monochromatic

#0274F4 #3594FE #72B4FE #AFD4FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72B4FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#72B4FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4FE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4FE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83AAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3caff',
    500: '#72b4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4fe;
$custom-light: #a3caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.714,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4FE

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4FE

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

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