#72B2EA#72B2EA

#72B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2EA
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -5.13, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 34.67, 261.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0423 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.105 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7059, 41.3558, 83.8214)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2EA #EAAA72

analogous

#72EAE6 #72B2EA #7276EA

triadic

#72B2EA #EA72B2 #B2EA72

tetradic

#72B2EA #E672EA #EAAA72 #76EA72

square

#72B2EA #E672EA #EAAA72 #76EA72

split-complementary

#72B2EA #EA7276 #EAE672

monochromatic

#1D76C4 #3D95E2 #72B2EA #A7CFF2 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#72B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2EA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2EA	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8f1',
    500: '#72b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ea;
$custom-light: #a1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2EA

secondary

#EEDBCA

accent

#6C0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2EA

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

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