#72B2ED#72B2ED

#72B2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2ED
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 237)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -4.24, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 35.99, 263.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0413 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.108 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1405, 41.5296, 86.1105)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2ED #EDAD72

analogous

#72EDEA #72B2ED #7275ED

triadic

#72B2ED #ED72B2 #B2ED72

tetradic

#72B2ED #EA72ED #EDAD72 #75ED72

square

#72B2ED #EA72ED #EDAD72 #75ED72

split-complementary

#72B2ED #ED7275 #EDEA72

monochromatic

#1A76CB #3C94E6 #72B2ED #A8D0F4 #DFEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72B2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#72B2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2ED

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2ED	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f3',
    500: '#72b2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ed;
$custom-light: #a2c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.78,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2ED

secondary

#F0DDCB

accent

#6F0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2ED

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

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