#72B3EB#72B3EB

#72B3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3EB
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -5.38, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 34.76, 261.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0431 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.105 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0496, 41.8128, 84.6467)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3EB #EBAA72

analogous

#72EBE7 #72B3EB #7276EB

triadic

#72B3EB #EB72B3 #B3EB72

tetradic

#72B3EB #E772EB #EBAA72 #76EB72

square

#72B3EB #E772EB #EBAA72 #76EB72

split-complementary

#72B3EB #EB7276 #EBE772

monochromatic

#1C78C6 #3C96E3 #72B3EB #A8D0F3 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#72B3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3EB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3EB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c9f1',
    500: '#72b3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3eb;
$custom-light: #a1c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74512,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3EB

secondary

#EFDBCA

accent

#6B0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3EB

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

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