#72B4E4#72B4E4

#72B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E4
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -7.97, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.55, 255.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0465 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.097 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2593, 41.8185, 79.4921)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E4 #E4A272

analogous

#72E4DB #72B4E4 #727BE4

triadic

#72B4E4 #E472B4 #B4E472

tetradic

#72B4E4 #DB72E4 #E4A272 #7BE472

square

#72B4E4 #DB72E4 #E4A272 #7BE472

split-complementary

#72B4E4 #E4727B #E4DB72

monochromatic

#237AB8 #3F99DA #72B4E4 #A5CFEE #D9EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#72B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E4	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caec',
    500: '#72b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e4;
$custom-light: #a1caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74424,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E4

secondary

#EBD6C7

accent

#6416D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E4

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

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