#72B4E2#72B4E2

#72B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.095 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E2
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -8.55, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 30.76, 253.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0472 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.095 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9833, 41.7081, 78.0383)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E2 #E2A072

analogous

#72E2D8 #72B4E2 #727CE2

triadic

#72B4E2 #E272B4 #B4E272

tetradic

#72B4E2 #D872E2 #E2A072 #7CE272

square

#72B4E2 #D872E2 #E2A072 #7CE272

split-complementary

#72B4E2 #E2727C #E2D872

monochromatic

#257AB4 #3F99D8 #72B4E2 #A5CFEC #D8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#72B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.095 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caeb',
    500: '#72b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e2;
$custom-light: #a1caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E2

secondary

#EAD5C6

accent

#6318CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E2

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

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