#72B9F7#72B9F7

#72B9F7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9F7
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 247)
HSL	hsl(208, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 25.1%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -5.11, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 37.87, 262.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.046 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.115 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0709, 44.9873, 94.4967)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9F7 #F7B072

analogous

#72F7F3 #72B9F7 #7276F7

triadic

#72B9F7 #F772B9 #B9F772

tetradic

#72B9F7 #F372F7 #F7B072 #76F772

square

#72B9F7 #F372F7 #F7B072 #76F772

split-complementary

#72B9F7 #F77276 #F7F372

monochromatic

#0D7FE2 #389CF4 #72B9F7 #ACD6FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72B9F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#72B9F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9F7

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9F7	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DADF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfa',
    500: '#72b9f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9f7;
$custom-light: #a3cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.97,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7636,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9F7

secondary

#F4E1D1

accent

#6B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9F7

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

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