#72B9F8#72B9F8

#72B9F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9F8
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 248)
HSL	hsl(208, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 25.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -4.81, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 38.30, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0457 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.116 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2256, 45.0492, 95.3116)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9F8 #F8B172

analogous

#72F8F4 #72B9F8 #7276F8

triadic

#72B9F8 #F872B9 #B9F872

tetradic

#72B9F8 #F472F8 #F8B172 #76F872

square

#72B9F8 #F472F8 #F8B172 #76F872

split-complementary

#72B9F8 #F87276 #F8F472

monochromatic

#0B7EE4 #389CF5 #72B9F8 #ACD6FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72B9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#72B9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9F8

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9F8	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DADF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfa',
    500: '#72b9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9f8;
$custom-light: #a3cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.209,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9F8

secondary

#F5E2D1

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9F8

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

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