#72BBF9#72BBF9

#72BBF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBF9
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -5.60, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 38.04, 261.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0476 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.116 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8025, 45.9541, 96.2713)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBF9 #F9B072

analogous

#72F9F4 #72BBF9 #7277F9

triadic

#72BBF9 #F972BB #BBF972

tetradic

#72BBF9 #F472F9 #F9B072 #77F972

square

#72BBF9 #F472F9 #F9B072 #77F972

split-complementary

#72BBF9 #F97277 #F9F472

monochromatic

#0A81E7 #379FF7 #72BBF9 #ADD7FB #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#72BBF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#72BBF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBF9

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBF9	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BCFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAFF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CCAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cffb',
    500: '#72bbf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbf9;
$custom-light: #a3cffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.556,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBF9

secondary

#F5E2D2

accent

#6900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBF9

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

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