#72B8F4#72B8F4

#72B8F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8F4
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 244)
HSL	hsl(208, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -5.46, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 36.93, 261.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0459 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.112 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4032, 44.3867, 92.0088)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8F4 #F4AE72

analogous

#72F4EF #72B8F4 #7277F4

triadic

#72B8F4 #F472B8 #B8F472

tetradic

#72B8F4 #EF72F4 #F4AE72 #77F472

square

#72B8F4 #EF72F4 #F4AE72 #77F472

split-complementary

#72B8F4 #F47277 #F4EF72

monochromatic

#117EDB #399BF0 #72B8F4 #ABD5F8 #E3F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72B8F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#72B8F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8F4

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8F4	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DACF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf8',
    500: '#72b8f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8f4;
$custom-light: #a2cdf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8F4

secondary

#F3E0CF

accent

#6A03E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8F4

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

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