#72B6EC#72B6EC

#72B6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.104 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B6EC
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 236)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -6.73, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 34.21, 258.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0462 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.104 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8023, 43.0863, 85.6124)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B6EC #ECA872

analogous

#72ECE5 #72B6EC #7279EC

triadic

#72B6EC #EC72B6 #B6EC72

tetradic

#72B6EC #E572EC #ECA872 #79EC72

square

#72B6EC #E572EC #ECA872 #79EC72

split-complementary

#72B6EC #EC7279 #ECE572

monochromatic

#1B7CC9 #3C9AE5 #72B6EC #A8D2F3 #DEEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#72B6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#72B6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B6EC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B6EC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.104 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf2',
    500: '#72b6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b6ec;
$custom-light: #a2cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.557,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B6EC

secondary

#EFDBCB

accent

#670DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B6EC

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

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