#72B2EF#72B2EF

#72B2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2EF
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -3.65, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 36.88, 264.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0407 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.111 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4343, 41.6471, 87.6580)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2EF #EFAF72

analogous

#72EFEE #72B2EF #7274EF

triadic

#72B2EF #EF72B2 #B2EF72

tetradic

#72B2EF #EE72EF #EFAF72 #74EF72

square

#72B2EF #EE72EF #EFAF72 #74EF72

split-complementary

#72B2EF #EF7274 #EFEE72

monochromatic

#1876CF #3B94E9 #72B2EF #A9D0F5 #E0EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#72B2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2EF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2EF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c8f4',
    500: '#72b2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2ef;
$custom-light: #a2c8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.28,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2EF

secondary

#F1DECC

accent

#700ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2EF

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

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