#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
RGB	rgb(114, 191, 249)
HSL	hsl(206, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -7.77, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 36.74, 257.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.052 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.113 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6629, 47.6749, 96.5581)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##72BFF9	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BFF9

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

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