#72BAF6#72BAF6

#72BAF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAF6
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 246)
HSL	hsl(207, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -5.95, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 37.10, 260.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0474 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.113 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1269, 45.3456, 93.7562)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAF6 #F6AE72

analogous

#72F6F0 #72BAF6 #7278F6

triadic

#72BAF6 #F672BA #BAF672

tetradic

#72BAF6 #F072F6 #F6AE72 #78F672

square

#72BAF6 #F072F6 #F6AE72 #78F672

split-complementary

#72BAF6 #F67278 #F6F072

monochromatic

#0E80DF #389EF2 #72BAF6 #ACD6FA #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72BAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#72BAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAF6

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAF6	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BBF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAEF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cef9',
    500: '#72baf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baf6;
$custom-light: #a3cef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76532,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAF6

secondary

#F4E0D0

accent

#6801E5

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAF6

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

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