#72BAF9#72BAF9

#72BAF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAF9
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -5.06, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 38.38, 262.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0465 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.116 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5911, 45.5313, 96.2008)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAF9 #F9B172

analogous

#72F9F5 #72BAF9 #7276F9

triadic

#72BAF9 #F972BA #BAF972

tetradic

#72BAF9 #F572F9 #F9B172 #76F972

square

#72BAF9 #F572F9 #F9B172 #76F972

split-complementary

#72BAF9 #F97276 #F9F572

monochromatic

#0A80E7 #379DF7 #72BAF9 #ADD7FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#72BAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAF9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAF9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cefb',
    500: '#72baf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baf9;
$custom-light: #a3cefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76668,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAF9

secondary

#F5E2D2

accent

#6B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAF9

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

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