#72B5FC#72B5FC

#72B5FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5FC
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 252)
HSL	hsl(211, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -1.41, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 41.63, 268.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0401 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.124 251)
XYZ	xyz(41.0278, 43.6500, 98.3398)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5FC #FCB972

analogous

#72FAFC #72B5FC #7472FC

triadic

#72B5FC #FC72B5 #B5FC72

tetradic

#72B5FC #FC72FA #FCB972 #72FC74

square

#72B5FC #FC72FA #FCB972 #72FC74

split-complementary

#72B5FC #FC7472 #FAFC72

monochromatic

#0576EF #3696FB #72B5FC #AED4FD #E1EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B5FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#72B5FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5FC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5FC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86AAFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafd',
    500: '#72b5fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5fc;
$custom-light: #a3cafd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.87,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.43653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5FC

secondary

#F6E5D3

accent

#7600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5FC

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

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