#72B4E9#72B4E9

#72B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4E9
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -6.52, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 33.59, 258.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0449 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.102 244)
XYZ	xyz(37.9634, 42.1001, 83.2006)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4E9 #E9A772

analogous

#72E9E3 #72B4E9 #7278E9

triadic

#72B4E9 #E972B4 #B4E972

tetradic

#72B4E9 #E372E9 #E9A772 #78E972

square

#72B4E9 #E372E9 #E9A772 #78E972

split-complementary

#72B4E9 #E97278 #E9E372

monochromatic

#1E79C2 #3D98E1 #72B4E9 #A7D0F1 #DCECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#72B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4E9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4E9	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caf0',
    500: '#72b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4e9;
$custom-light: #a1caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.723,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.42103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4E9

secondary

#EED9C9

accent

#6810D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4E9

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

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