#72B8FA#72B8FA

#72B8FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B8FA
RGBrgb(114, 184, 250)
HSLhsl(209, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(209, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(54.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.73, -3.66, -39.38)
CIE-LCHlch(72.73, 39.55, 264.68°)
OKLaboklab(76.28% -0.044 -0.1105)
OKLCHoklch(76.28% 0.119 248.3)
XYZxyz(41.3291, 44.7571, 96.8850)
Luminance0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B8FA #FAB472
analogous
#72FAF8 #72B8FA #7274FA
triadic
#72B8FA #FA72B8 #B8FA72
tetradic
#72B8FA #F872FA #FAB472 #74FA72
square
#72B8FA #F872FA #FAB472 #74FA72
split-complementary
#72B8FA #FA7274 #FAF872
monochromatic
#087CE9 #379AF8 #72B8FA #ADD6FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#72B8FA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95
#72B8FA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8FA
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B8FA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B8FA1.002.119.959.95
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9521.001.001.00
##0000009.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CBAFD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BACF9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0CC7CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 248.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfc',
    500: '#72b8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b8fa;
$custom-light: #a3cdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.118,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B8FA
secondary
#F6E3D2
accent
#6F00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72B8FA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva