#72B4EA#72B4EA

#72B4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4EA
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -6.22, -33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 34.01, 259.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0445 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.103 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1067, 42.1574, 83.9551)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4EA #EAA872

analogous

#72EAE4 #72B4EA #7278EA

triadic

#72B4EA #EA72B4 #B4EA72

tetradic

#72B4EA #E472EA #EAA872 #78EA72

square

#72B4EA #E472EA #EAA872 #78EA72

split-complementary

#72B4EA #EA7278 #EAE472

monochromatic

#1D79C4 #3D98E2 #72B4EA #A7D0F2 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#72B4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4EA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4EA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caf1',
    500: '#72b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4ea;
$custom-light: #a1caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4EA

secondary

#EEDACA

accent

#690FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4EA

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

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