#72B5EA#72B5EA

#72B5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.103 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5EA
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -6.77, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 33.69, 258.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0457 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.103 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3093, 42.5626, 84.0226)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5EA #EAA772

analogous

#72EAE3 #72B5EA #7279EA

triadic

#72B5EA #EA72B5 #B5EA72

tetradic

#72B5EA #E372EA #EAA772 #79EA72

square

#72B5EA #E372EA #EAA772 #79EA72

split-complementary

#72B5EA #EA7279 #EAE372

monochromatic

#1D7BC4 #3D99E2 #72B5EA #A7D1F2 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72B5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72B5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5EA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5EA	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.103 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbf1',
    500: '#72b5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5ea;
$custom-light: #a1cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5EA

secondary

#EEDACA

accent

#670FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5EA

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

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