#72BAFA#72BAFA

#72BAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.117 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAFA
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(208, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -4.76, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 38.82, 262.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0462 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.117 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7475, 45.5938, 97.0244)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAFA #FAB272

analogous

#72FAF6 #72BAFA #7276FA

triadic

#72BAFA #FA72BA #BAFA72

tetradic

#72BAFA #F672FA #FAB272 #76FA72

square

#72BAFA #F672FA #FAB272 #76FA72

split-complementary

#72BAFA #FA7276 #FAF672

monochromatic

#087FE9 #379DF8 #72BAFA #ADD7FC #E1F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#72BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#72BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAFA

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAFA	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBCFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.117 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cefc',
    500: '#72bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bafa;
$custom-light: #a3cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76714,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAFA

secondary

#F6E3D2

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAFA

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

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