#72B3EE#72B3EE

#72B3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3EE
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -4.50, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 36.07, 262.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0421 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.109 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4867, 41.9876, 86.9486)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3EE #EEAD72

analogous

#72EEEB #72B3EE #7275EE

triadic

#72B3EE #EE72B3 #B3EE72

tetradic

#72B3EE #EB72EE #EEAD72 #75EE72

square

#72B3EE #EB72EE #EEAD72 #75EE72

split-complementary

#72B3EE #EE7275 #EEEB72

monochromatic

#1977CD #3B96E7 #72B3EE #A9D0F5 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#72B3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3EE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3EE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f3',
    500: '#72b3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3ee;
$custom-light: #a2c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.548,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3EE

secondary

#F0DDCC

accent

#6E0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3EE

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

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