#72B6EA#72B6EA

#72B6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B6EA
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -7.31, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 33.38, 257.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0468 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.102 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5134, 42.9708, 84.0906)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B6EA #EAA672

analogous

#72EAE2 #72B6EA #727AEA

triadic

#72B6EA #EA72B6 #B6EA72

tetradic

#72B6EA #E272EA #EAA672 #7AEA72

square

#72B6EA #E272EA #EAA672 #7AEA72

split-complementary

#72B6EA #EA727A #EAE272

monochromatic

#1D7CC4 #3D9AE2 #72B6EA #A7D2F2 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#72B6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#72B6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B6EA

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B6EA	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cbf1',
    500: '#72b6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b6ea;
$custom-light: #a1cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B6EA

secondary

#EED9CA

accent

#650FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B6EA

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

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