#72B8F7#72B8F7

#72B8F7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8F7
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 247)
HSL	hsl(208, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -4.56, -37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 38.23, 263.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0449 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.115 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8624, 44.5704, 94.4273)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8F7 #F7B172

analogous

#72F7F3 #72B8F7 #7275F7

triadic

#72B8F7 #F772B8 #B8F772

tetradic

#72B8F7 #F372F7 #F7B172 #75F772

square

#72B8F7 #F372F7 #F7B172 #75F772

split-complementary

#72B8F7 #F77275 #F7F372

monochromatic

#0D7DE2 #389BF4 #72B8F7 #ACD5FA #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72B8F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#72B8F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8F7

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8F7	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CACF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfa',
    500: '#72b8f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8f7;
$custom-light: #a3cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8F7

secondary

#F4E1D1

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8F7

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

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