#72BFF9#72BFF9

#72BFF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BFF9
RGBrgb(114, 191, 249)
HSLhsl(206, 92%, 71%)
HSVhsv(206, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(54.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.62, -7.77, -35.91)
CIE-LCHlch(74.62, 36.74, 257.79°)
OKLaboklab(77.76% -0.052 -0.1004)
OKLCHoklch(77.76% 0.113 242.6)
XYZxyz(42.6629, 47.6749, 96.5581)
Luminance0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BFF9 #F9AC72
analogous
#72F9F0 #72BFF9 #727BF9
triadic
#72BFF9 #F972BF #BFF972
tetradic
#72BFF9 #F072F9 #F9AC72 #7BF972
square
#72BFF9 #F072F9 #F9AC72 #7BF972
split-complementary
#72BFF9 #F9727B #F9F072
monochromatic
#0A88E7 #37A4F7 #72BFF9 #ADDAFB #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#72BFF9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54
#72BFF9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BFF9
10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BFF9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BFF91.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6BFFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94B1F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#06CDD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72bff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 242.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2fb',
    500: '#72bff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72bff9;
$custom-light: #a3d2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72bff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BFF9
secondary
#F5E1D2
accent
#6300E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

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#72BFF9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva