#72B4E5#72B4E5

#72B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E5
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -7.68, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 31.95, 256.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0462 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.098 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3985, 41.8742, 80.2253)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E5 #E5A372

analogous

#72E5DC #72B4E5 #727BE5

triadic

#72B4E5 #E572B4 #B4E572

tetradic

#72B4E5 #DC72E5 #E5A372 #7BE572

square

#72B4E5 #DC72E5 #E5A372 #7BE572

split-complementary

#72B4E5 #E5727B #E5DC72

monochromatic

#227ABA #3E99DB #72B4E5 #A6CFEF #D9EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#72B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#72B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E5

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E5	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caed',
    500: '#72b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e5;
$custom-light: #a1caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74467,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E5

secondary

#ECD7C7

accent

#6515D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E5

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

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