#72B2E8#72B2E8

#72B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2E8
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -5.72, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 33.81, 260.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0429 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.102 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4202, 41.2415, 82.3168)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2E8 #E8A872

analogous

#72E8E3 #72B2E8 #7277E8

triadic

#72B2E8 #E872B2 #B2E872

tetradic

#72B2E8 #E372E8 #E8A872 #77E872

square

#72B2E8 #E372E8 #E8A872 #77E872

split-complementary

#72B2E8 #E87277 #E8E372

monochromatic

#1F77C0 #3D95DF #72B2E8 #A7CFF1 #DBEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#72B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#72B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2E8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2E8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8ef',
    500: '#72b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2e8;
$custom-light: #a1c8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.458,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2E8

secondary

#EDD9C9

accent

#6B11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2E8

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

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