#72B6F4#72B6F4

#72B6F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B6F4
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 244)
HSL	hsl(209, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -4.36, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 37.63, 263.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0436 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.113 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9907, 43.5617, 91.8713)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B6F4 #F4B072

analogous

#72F4F1 #72B6F4 #7275F4

triadic

#72B6F4 #F472B6 #B6F472

tetradic

#72B6F4 #F172F4 #F4B072 #75F472

square

#72B6F4 #F172F4 #F4B072 #75F472

split-complementary

#72B6F4 #F47275 #F4F172

monochromatic

#117ADB #3999F0 #72B6F4 #ABD3F8 #E3F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B6F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#72B6F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B6F4

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B6F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B6F4	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)

#9CB8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BABF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b6f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf8',
    500: '#72b6f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b6f4;
$custom-light: #a2cbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b6f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B6F4

secondary

#F3E0CF

accent

#6E03E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B6F4

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

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