#72B5FD#72B5FD

#72B5FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5FD
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 253)
HSL	hsl(211, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -1.10, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 42.10, 268.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0399 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.125 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1866, 43.7136, 99.1766)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5FD #FDBA72

analogous

#72FBFD #72B5FD #7572FD

triadic

#72B5FD #FD72B5 #B5FD72

tetradic

#72B5FD #FD72FB #FDBA72 #72FD75

square

#72B5FD #FD72FB #FDBA72 #72FD75

split-complementary

#72B5FD #FD7572 #FBFD72

monochromatic

#0376F1 #3695FC #72B5FD #AED5FE #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#72B5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5FD

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5FD	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01C6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cafe',
    500: '#72b5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5fd;
$custom-light: #a3cafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.079,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5FD

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7700E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5FD

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

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