#72B2EC#72B2EC

#72B2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2EC
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -4.54, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 35.55, 262.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0416 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.107 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9948, 41.4713, 85.3432)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2EC #ECAC72

analogous

#72ECE9 #72B2EC #7275EC

triadic

#72B2EC #EC72B2 #B2EC72

tetradic

#72B2EC #E972EC #ECAC72 #75EC72

square

#72B2EC #E972EC #ECAC72 #75EC72

split-complementary

#72B2EC #EC7275 #ECE972

monochromatic

#1B76C9 #3C95E5 #72B2EC #A8CFF3 #DEEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72B2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#72B2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2EC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2EC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f2',
    500: '#72b2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ec;
$custom-light: #a2c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.525,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2EC

secondary

#EFDCCB

accent

#6E0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2EC

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

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