#72B5EC#72B5EC

#72B5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5EC
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -6.18, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 34.53, 259.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.045 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.105 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5982, 42.6782, 85.5443)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5EC #ECA972

analogous

#72ECE6 #72B5EC #7278EC

triadic

#72B5EC #EC72B5 #B5EC72

tetradic

#72B5EC #E672EC #ECA972 #78EC72

square

#72B5EC #E672EC #ECA972 #78EC72

split-complementary

#72B5EC #EC7278 #ECE672

monochromatic

#1B7AC9 #3C99E5 #72B5EC #A8D1F3 #DEEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72B5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#72B5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5EC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5EC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf2',
    500: '#72b5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5ec;
$custom-light: #a2cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.049,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5EC

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#690DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5EC

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

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