#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
RGB	rgb(114, 182, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -6.43, -34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 34.62, 259.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0458 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.106 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9480, 43.1446, 86.3796)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##72B6ED	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B6ED

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

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