#72B2E9#72B2E9

#72B2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.104 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2E9
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -5.42, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 34.24, 260.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0426 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.104 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5626, 41.2985, 83.0670)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2E9 #E9A972

analogous

#72E9E4 #72B2E9 #7276E9

triadic

#72B2E9 #E972B2 #B2E972

tetradic

#72B2E9 #E472E9 #E9A972 #76E972

square

#72B2E9 #E472E9 #E9A972 #76E972

split-complementary

#72B2E9 #E97276 #E9E472

monochromatic

#1E77C2 #3D95E1 #72B2E9 #A7CFF1 #DCECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#72B2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#72B2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2E9

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2E9	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.104 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8f0',
    500: '#72b2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2e9;
$custom-light: #a1c8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.731,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74204,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2E9

secondary

#EEDAC9

accent

#6B10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2E9

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

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