#72B8F8#72B8F8

#72B8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8F8
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 248)
HSL	hsl(209, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 25.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -4.26, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 38.67, 263.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0446 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.117 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0171, 44.6323, 95.2421)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8F8 #F8B272

analogous

#72F8F5 #72B8F8 #7275F8

triadic

#72B8F8 #F872B8 #B8F872

tetradic

#72B8F8 #F572F8 #F8B272 #75F872

square

#72B8F8 #F572F8 #F8B272 #75F872

split-complementary

#72B8F8 #F87275 #F8F572

monochromatic

#0B7DE4 #389BF5 #72B8F8 #ACD5FB #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72B8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#72B8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8F8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8F8	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DBAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CACF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfa',
    500: '#72b8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8f8;
$custom-light: #a3cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8F8

secondary

#F5E2D1

accent

#6E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8F8

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

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