#72BAF8#72BAF8

#72BAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BAF8
RGBrgb(114, 186, 248)
HSLhsl(208, 91%, 71%)
HSVhsv(208, 54%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.20, -5.36, -37.57)
CIE-LCHlch(73.20, 37.95, 261.89°)
OKLaboklab(76.62% -0.0468 -0.1053)
OKLCHoklch(76.62% 0.115 246)
XYZxyz(41.4355, 45.4691, 95.3816)
Luminance0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BAF8 #F8B072
analogous
#72F8F3 #72BAF8 #7277F8
triadic
#72BAF8 #F872BA #BAF872
tetradic
#72BAF8 #F372F8 #F8B072 #77F872
square
#72BAF8 #F372F8 #F8B072 #77F872
split-complementary
#72BAF8 #F87277 #F8F372
monochromatic
#0B80E4 #389DF5 #72BAF8 #ACD7FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#72BAF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09
#72BAF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAF8
10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BAF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BAF81.002.0810.0910.09
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0921.001.001.00
##00000010.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0BBFB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EAEF7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#11C9CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72baf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 246.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cefa',
    500: '#72baf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72baf8;
$custom-light: #a3cefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72baf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.761,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.45473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BAF8
secondary
#F5E2D1
accent
#6A00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#72BAF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva