#72B4E8#72B4E8

#72B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E8
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -6.81, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 33.17, 258.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0452 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.101 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8210, 42.0431, 82.4504)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E8 #E8A672

analogous

#72E8E1 #72B4E8 #7279E8

triadic

#72B4E8 #E872B4 #B4E872

tetradic

#72B4E8 #E172E8 #E8A672 #79E872

square

#72B4E8 #E172E8 #E8A672 #79E872

split-complementary

#72B4E8 #E87279 #E8E172

monochromatic

#1F79C0 #3D98DF #72B4E8 #A7D0F1 #DBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#72B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E8	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caef',
    500: '#72b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e8;
$custom-light: #a1caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.441,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E8

secondary

#EDD9C9

accent

#6711D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E8

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

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