#72B4E7#72B4E7

#72B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E7
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -7.10, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 32.76, 257.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0455 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.1 243)
XYZ	xyz(37.6794, 41.9865, 81.7044)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E7 #E7A572

analogous

#72E7E0 #72B4E7 #7279E7

triadic

#72B4E7 #E772B4 #B4E772

tetradic

#72B4E7 #E072E7 #E7A572 #79E772

square

#72B4E7 #E072E7 #E7A572 #79E772

split-complementary

#72B4E7 #E77279 #E7E072

monochromatic

#2079BE #3E98DE #72B4E7 #A6D0F0 #DBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#72B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E7

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E7	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caee',
    500: '#72b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e7;
$custom-light: #a1caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E7

secondary

#EDD8C8

accent

#6613D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E7

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

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