#72B2EB#72B2EB

#72B2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2EB
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -4.84, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 35.11, 262.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.042 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.106 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8499, 41.4134, 84.5802)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2EB #EBAB72

analogous

#72EBE7 #72B2EB #7275EB

triadic

#72B2EB #EB72B2 #B2EB72

tetradic

#72B2EB #E772EB #EBAB72 #75EB72

square

#72B2EB #E772EB #EBAB72 #75EB72

split-complementary

#72B2EB #EB7275 #EBE772

monochromatic

#1C76C6 #3C95E3 #72B2EB #A8CFF3 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72B2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#72B2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2EB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2EB	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8f1',
    500: '#72b2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2eb;
$custom-light: #a1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.264,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2EB

secondary

#EFDBCA

accent

#6D0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2EB

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

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