#72B4EF#72B4EF

#72B4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B4EF
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -4.75, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 36.15, 262.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.043 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.109 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8351, 42.4488, 87.7916)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B4EF #EFAD72

analogous

#72EFEC #72B4EF #7276EF

triadic

#72B4EF #EF72B4 #B4EF72

tetradic

#72B4EF #EC72EF #EFAD72 #76EF72

square

#72B4EF #EC72EF #EFAD72 #76EF72

split-complementary

#72B4EF #EF7276 #EFEC72

monochromatic

#1878CF #3B97E9 #72B4EF #A9D1F5 #E0EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#72B4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B4EF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B4EF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caf4',
    500: '#72b4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b4ef;
$custom-light: #a2caf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.32,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7491,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B4EF

secondary

#F1DDCC

accent

#6D0ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B4EF

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

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