#72B5E9#72B5E9

#72B5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5E9
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -7.06, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 33.28, 257.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.046 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.102 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1660, 42.5053, 83.2681)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5E9 #E9A672

analogous

#72E9E1 #72B5E9 #727AE9

triadic

#72B5E9 #E972B5 #B5E972

tetradic

#72B5E9 #E172E9 #E9A672 #7AE972

square

#72B5E9 #E172E9 #E9A672 #7AE972

split-complementary

#72B5E9 #E9727A #E9E172

monochromatic

#1E7BC2 #3D99E1 #72B5E9 #A7D1F1 #DCEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#72B5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5E9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5E9	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbf0',
    500: '#72b5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5e9;
$custom-light: #a1cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5E9

secondary

#EED9C9

accent

#6610D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5E9

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

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