#72B4EE#72B4EE

#72B4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.108 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4EE
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -5.05, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 35.72, 261.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0433 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.108 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6878, 42.3899, 87.0157)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4EE #EEAC72

analogous

#72EEEA #72B4EE #7276EE

triadic

#72B4EE #EE72B4 #B4EE72

tetradic

#72B4EE #EA72EE #EEAC72 #76EE72

square

#72B4EE #EA72EE #EEAC72 #76EE72

split-complementary

#72B4EE #EE7276 #EEEA72

monochromatic

#1979CD #3B97E7 #72B4EE #A9D1F5 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72B4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72B4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4EE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4EE	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.108 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf3',
    500: '#72b4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4ee;
$custom-light: #a2caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4EE

secondary

#F0DDCC

accent

#6C0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4EE

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

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