#72B3EA#72B3EA

#72B3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3EA
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -5.68, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 34.34, 260.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0434 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.104 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9055, 41.7551, 83.8880)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3EA #EAA972

analogous

#72EAE5 #72B3EA #7277EA

triadic

#72B3EA #EA72B3 #B3EA72

tetradic

#72B3EA #E572EA #EAA972 #77EA72

square

#72B3EA #E572EA #EAA972 #77EA72

split-complementary

#72B3EA #EA7277 #EAE572

monochromatic

#1D78C4 #3D96E2 #72B3EA #A7D0F2 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#72B3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3EA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3EA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9f1',
    500: '#72b3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3ea;
$custom-light: #a1c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74467,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3EA

secondary

#EEDACA

accent

#6A0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3EA

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

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