#72B0EB#72B0EB

#72B0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B0EB
RGB	rgb(114, 176, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 25.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -3.73, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 35.83, 264.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0397 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.107 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4549, 40.6233, 84.4485)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B0EB #EBAD72

analogous

#72EBE9 #72B0EB #7273EB

triadic

#72B0EB #EB72B0 #B0EB72

tetradic

#72B0EB #E972EB #EBAD72 #73EB72

square

#72B0EB #E972EB #EBAD72 #73EB72

split-complementary

#72B0EB #EB7273 #EBE972

monochromatic

#1C73C6 #3C92E3 #72B0EB #A8CEF3 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72B0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#72B0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B0EB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B0EB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7f1',
    500: '#72b0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b0eb;
$custom-light: #a1c7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.256,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B0EB

secondary

#EFDCCA

accent

#700ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B0EB

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

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