#72B3EC#72B3EC

#72B3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3EC
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -5.09, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 35.20, 261.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0428 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.106 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1945, 41.8707, 85.4098)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3EC #ECAB72

analogous

#72ECE8 #72B3EC #7276EC

triadic

#72B3EC #EC72B3 #B3EC72

tetradic

#72B3EC #E872EC #ECAB72 #76EC72

square

#72B3EC #E872EC #ECAB72 #76EC72

split-complementary

#72B3EC #EC7276 #ECE872

monochromatic

#1B77C9 #3C96E5 #72B3EC #A8D0F3 #DEEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#72B3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3EC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3EC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f2',
    500: '#72b3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3ec;
$custom-light: #a2c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.033,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3EC

secondary

#EFDCCB

accent

#6C0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3EC

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

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