#72B9F9#72B9F9

#72B9F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9F9
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -4.51, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 38.74, 263.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0454 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.117 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3811, 45.1114, 96.1309)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9F9 #F9B272

analogous

#72F9F5 #72B9F9 #7275F9

triadic

#72B9F9 #F972B9 #B9F972

tetradic

#72B9F9 #F572F9 #F9B272 #75F972

square

#72B9F9 #F572F9 #F9B272 #75F972

split-complementary

#72B9F9 #F97275 #F9F572

monochromatic

#0A7EE7 #379CF7 #72B9F9 #ADD6FB #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72B9F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#72B9F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9F9

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9F9	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CADF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfb',
    500: '#72b9f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9f9;
$custom-light: #a3cdfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76451,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9F9

secondary

#F5E2D2

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9F9

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

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