#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
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 250)
HSL	hsl(209, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -3.66, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 39.55, 264.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.044 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.119 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3291, 44.7571, 96.8850)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72B8FA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72B8FA

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

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