#72B4E3#72B4E3

#72B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.096 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E3
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -8.26, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 31.15, 254.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0469 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.096 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1209, 41.7631, 78.7631)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E3 #E3A172

analogous

#72E3DA #72B4E3 #727CE3

triadic

#72B4E3 #E372B4 #B4E372

tetradic

#72B4E3 #DA72E3 #E3A172 #7CE372

square

#72B4E3 #DA72E3 #E3A172 #7CE372

split-complementary

#72B4E3 #E3727C #E3DA72

monochromatic

#247AB6 #3F99D9 #72B4E3 #A5CFED #D8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#72B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E3

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E3	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.096 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caec',
    500: '#72b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e3;
$custom-light: #a1caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.956,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74381,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E3

secondary

#EAD5C6

accent

#6317CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E3

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

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