#72B2EE#72B2EE

#72B2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.109 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2EE
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -3.95, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 36.43, 263.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.041 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.109 248)
XYZ	xyz(38.2870, 41.5882, 86.8821)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2EE #EEAE72

analogous

#72EEEC #72B2EE #7274EE

triadic

#72B2EE #EE72B2 #B2EE72

tetradic

#72B2EE #EC72EE #EEAE72 #74EE72

square

#72B2EE #EC72EE #EEAE72 #74EE72

split-complementary

#72B2EE #EE7274 #EEEC72

monochromatic

#1976CD #3B94E7 #72B2EE #A9D0F5 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#72B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2EE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2EE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.109 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f3',
    500: '#72b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ee;
$custom-light: #a2c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74429,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.41591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2EE

secondary

#F0DDCC

accent

#6F0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →