#72B3EF#72B3EF

#72B3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B3EF
RGB	rgb(114, 179, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -4.20, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 36.51, 263.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0418 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.11 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6340, 42.0465, 87.7245)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B3EF #EFAE72

analogous

#72EFED #72B3EF #7275EF

triadic

#72B3EF #EF72B3 #B3EF72

tetradic

#72B3EF #ED72EF #EFAE72 #75EF72

square

#72B3EF #ED72EF #EFAE72 #75EF72

split-complementary

#72B3EF #EF7275 #EFED72

monochromatic

#1877CF #3B95E9 #72B3EF #A9D1F5 #E0EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#72B3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B3EF

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B3EF	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 179, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9f4',
    500: '#72b3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b3ef;
$custom-light: #a2c9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B3EF

secondary

#F1DECC

accent

#6F0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B3EF

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

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