#72B6ED#72B6ED

#72B6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B6ED
RGBrgb(114, 182, 237)
HSLhsl(207, 77%, 69%)
HSVhsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.65, -6.43, -34.02)
CIE-LCHlch(71.65, 34.62, 259.29°)
OKLaboklab(75.26% -0.0458 -0.095)
OKLCHoklch(75.26% 0.106 244.3)
XYZxyz(38.9480, 43.1446, 86.3796)
Luminance0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B6ED #EDA972
analogous
#72EDE6 #72B6ED #7279ED
triadic
#72B6ED #ED72B6 #B6ED72
tetradic
#72B6ED #E672ED #EDA972 #79ED72
square
#72B6ED #E672ED #EDA972 #79ED72
split-complementary
#72B6ED #ED7279 #EDE672
monochromatic
#1A7CCB #3C9AE6 #72B6ED #A8D2F4 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#72B6ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63
#72B6ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B6ED
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B6ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B6ED1.002.189.639.63
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6321.001.001.00
##0000009.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB7F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EAAEC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2BC3C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 182, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 244.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf3',
    500: '#72b6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b6ed;
$custom-light: #a2cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.829,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B6ED
secondary
#F0DBCB
accent
#680CDA
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

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#72B6ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva