#72B1EA#72B1EA

#72B1EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1EA
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -4.58, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 35.02, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0411 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.105 247)
XYZ	xyz(37.5076, 40.9593, 83.7554)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1EA #EAAB72

analogous

#72EAE7 #72B1EA #7275EA

triadic

#72B1EA #EA72B1 #B1EA72

tetradic

#72B1EA #E772EA #EAAB72 #75EA72

square

#72B1EA #E772EA #EAAB72 #75EA72

split-complementary

#72B1EA #EA7275 #EAE772

monochromatic

#1D75C4 #3D94E2 #72B1EA #A7CEF2 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#72B1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1EA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1EA	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8f1',
    500: '#72b1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1ea;
$custom-light: #a1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.40962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1EA

secondary

#EEDBCA

accent

#6E0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1EA

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

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