#72B1EB#72B1EB

#72B1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B1EB
RGB	rgb(114, 177, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -4.29, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 35.46, 263.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0408 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.107 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6517, 41.0169, 84.5141)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B1EB #EBAC72

analogous

#72EBE8 #72B1EB #7274EB

triadic

#72B1EB #EB72B1 #B1EB72

tetradic

#72B1EB #E872EB #EBAC72 #74EB72

square

#72B1EB #E872EB #EBAC72 #74EB72

split-complementary

#72B1EB #EB7274 #EBE872

monochromatic

#1C75C6 #3C93E3 #72B1EB #A8CFF3 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#72B1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B1EB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B1EB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 177, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8f1',
    500: '#72b1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b1eb;
$custom-light: #a1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.76,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74075,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B1EB

secondary

#EFDCCA

accent

#6F0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B1EB

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

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