#72B2E4#72B2E4

#72B2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2E4
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -6.88, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 32.13, 257.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0442 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.098 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8585, 41.0168, 79.3585)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2E4 #E4A472

analogous

#72E4DD #72B2E4 #7279E4

triadic

#72B2E4 #E472B2 #B2E472

tetradic

#72B2E4 #DD72E4 #E4A472 #79E472

square

#72B2E4 #DD72E4 #E4A472 #79E472

split-complementary

#72B2E4 #E47279 #E4DD72

monochromatic

#2377B8 #3F96DA #72B2E4 #A5CEEE #D9EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#72B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2E4

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2E4	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)

#9DB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8ec',
    500: '#72b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2e4;
$custom-light: #a1c8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.09806,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2E4

secondary

#EBD7C7

accent

#6716D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2E4

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

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