#72B4EC#72B4EC

#72B4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4EC
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -5.64, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 34.86, 260.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0439 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.106 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3956, 42.2730, 85.4768)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4EC #ECAA72

analogous

#72ECE7 #72B4EC #7277EC

triadic

#72B4EC #EC72B4 #B4EC72

tetradic

#72B4EC #E772EC #ECAA72 #77EC72

square

#72B4EC #E772EC #ECAA72 #77EC72

split-complementary

#72B4EC #EC7277 #ECE772

monochromatic

#1B79C9 #3C97E5 #72B4EC #A8D1F3 #DEEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#72B4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4EC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4EC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf2',
    500: '#72b4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4ec;
$custom-light: #a2caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.541,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4EC

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#6A0DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4EC

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

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