#72B4E1#72B4E1

#72B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.094 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E1
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -8.83, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 30.38, 253.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0475 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.094 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8464, 41.6533, 77.3178)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E1 #E19F72

analogous

#72E1D6 #72B4E1 #727DE1

triadic

#72B4E1 #E172B4 #B4E172

tetradic

#72B4E1 #D672E1 #E19F72 #7DE172

square

#72B4E1 #D672E1 #E19F72 #7DE172

split-complementary

#72B4E1 #E1727D #E1D672

monochromatic

#267AB3 #4099D6 #72B4E1 #A4CFEC #D7EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#72B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E1

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E1	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.094 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caea',
    500: '#72b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e1;
$custom-light: #a1caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74296,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E1

secondary

#E9D4C5

accent

#6219CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E1

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

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