#72B4EB#72B4EB

#72B4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4EB
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -5.93, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 34.43, 260.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0442 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.105 245)
XYZ	xyz(38.2508, 42.2151, 84.7138)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4EB #EBA972

analogous

#72EBE6 #72B4EB #7277EB

triadic

#72B4EB #EB72B4 #B4EB72

tetradic

#72B4EB #E672EB #EBA972 #77EB72

square

#72B4EB #E672EB #EBA972 #77EB72

split-complementary

#72B4EB #EB7277 #EBE672

monochromatic

#1C79C6 #3C97E3 #72B4EB #A8D1F3 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#72B4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4EB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4EB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caf1',
    500: '#72b4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4eb;
$custom-light: #a1caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.42218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4EB

secondary

#EFDBCA

accent

#6A0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4EB

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

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