#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
RGBrgb(114, 185, 248)
HSLhsl(208, 91%, 71%)
HSVhsv(208, 54%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 25.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.92, -4.81, -38.00)
CIE-LCHlch(72.92, 38.30, 262.78°)
OKLaboklab(76.41% -0.0457 -0.1065)
OKLCHoklch(76.41% 0.116 246.8)
XYZxyz(41.2256, 45.0492, 95.3116)
Luminance0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72B9F81.002.1010.0110.01
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0121.001.001.00
##00000010.0121.001.001.00

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

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#72B9F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva