#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
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 248)
HSL	hsl(208, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -5.36, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 37.95, 261.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0468 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.115 246)
XYZ	xyz(41.4355, 45.4691, 95.3816)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##72BAF8	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72BAF8

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

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