#72B5FA#72B5FA

#72B5FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.121 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5FA
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 250)
HSL	hsl(210, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -2.01, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 40.71, 267.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0407 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.121 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7125, 43.5239, 96.6795)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5FA #FAB772

analogous

#72F9FA #72B5FA #7372FA

triadic

#72B5FA #FA72B5 #B5FA72

tetradic

#72B5FA #FA72F9 #FAB772 #72FA73

square

#72B5FA #FA72F9 #FAB772 #72FA73

split-complementary

#72B5FA #FA7372 #F9FA72

monochromatic

#0877E9 #3796F8 #72B5FA #ADD4FC #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#72B5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5FA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5FA	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.121 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafc',
    500: '#72b5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5fa;
$custom-light: #a3cafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.441,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75634,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5FA

secondary

#F6E4D2

accent

#7400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5FA

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

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