#72B9FA#72B9FA

#72B9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9FA
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 250)
HSL	hsl(209, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 26%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -4.21, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 39.18, 263.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0451 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.118 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5375, 45.1740, 96.9545)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9FA #FAB372

analogous

#72FAF7 #72B9FA #7275FA

triadic

#72B9FA #FA72B9 #B9FA72

tetradic

#72B9FA #F772FA #FAB372 #75FA72

square

#72B9FA #F772FA #FAB372 #75FA72

split-complementary

#72B9FA #FA7275 #FAF772

monochromatic

#087EE9 #379CF8 #72B9FA #ADD6FC #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72B9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#72B9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9FA

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9FA	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBBFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CADF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cdfc',
    500: '#72b9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9fa;
$custom-light: #a3cdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.676,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9FA

secondary

#F6E3D2

accent

#6E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9FA

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

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