#72B6FA#72B6FA

#72B6FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B6FA
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 250)
HSL	hsl(210, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -2.56, -40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 40.32, 266.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0418 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.12 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9166, 43.9320, 96.7475)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B6FA #FAB672

analogous

#72FAFA #72B6FA #7272FA

triadic

#72B6FA #FA72B6 #B6FA72

tetradic

#72B6FA #FA72FA #FAB672 #72FA72

square

#72B6FA #FA72FA #FAB672 #72FA72

split-complementary

#72B6FA #FA7272 #FAFA72

monochromatic

#0879E9 #3797F8 #72B6FA #ADD5FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72B6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#72B6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B6FA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B6FA	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ABF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbfc',
    500: '#72b6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b6fa;
$custom-light: #a3cbfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75849,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B6FA

secondary

#F6E4D2

accent

#7300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B6FA

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

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