#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
RGBrgb(114, 182, 236)
HSLhsl(207, 76%, 69%)
HSVhsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.61, -6.73, -33.54)
CIE-LCHlch(71.61, 34.21, 258.66°)
OKLaboklab(75.21% -0.0462 -0.0937)
OKLCHoklch(75.21% 0.104 243.8)
XYZxyz(38.8023, 43.0863, 85.6124)
Luminance0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##72B6EC1.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

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

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#72B6EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva