#72B0E9#72B0E9

#72B0E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0E9
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -4.32, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.94, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0403 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.105 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1676, 40.5084, 82.9353)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0E9 #E9AB72

analogous

#72E9E6 #72B0E9 #7275E9

triadic

#72B0E9 #E972B0 #B0E972

tetradic

#72B0E9 #E672E9 #E9AB72 #75E972

square

#72B0E9 #E672E9 #E9AB72 #75E972

split-complementary

#72B0E9 #E97275 #E9E672

monochromatic

#1E74C2 #3D92E1 #72B0E9 #A7CEF1 #DCEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72B0E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#72B0E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0E9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0E9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7f0',
    500: '#72b0e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0e9;
$custom-light: #a1c7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.739,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0E9

secondary

#EEDBC9

accent

#6F10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0E9

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

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