#72B0EA#72B0EA

#72B0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0EA
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -4.03, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 35.38, 263.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.04 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.106 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3108, 40.5657, 83.6898)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0EA #EAAC72

analogous

#72EAE8 #72B0EA #7274EA

triadic

#72B0EA #EA72B0 #B0EA72

tetradic

#72B0EA #E872EA #EAAC72 #74EA72

square

#72B0EA #E872EA #EAAC72 #74EA72

split-complementary

#72B0EA #EA7274 #EAE872

monochromatic

#1D74C4 #3D92E2 #72B0EA #A7CEF2 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#72B0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0EA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0EA	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7f1',
    500: '#72b0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0ea;
$custom-light: #a1c7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0EA

secondary

#EEDBCA

accent

#6F0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0EA

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

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