#72B7EA#72B7EA

#72B7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.102 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7EA
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -7.86, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 33.09, 256.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0479 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.102 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7189, 43.3818, 84.1591)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7EA #EAA572

analogous

#72EAE1 #72B7EA #727BEA

triadic

#72B7EA #EA72B7 #B7EA72

tetradic

#72B7EA #E172EA #EAA572 #7BEA72

square

#72B7EA #E172EA #EAA572 #7BEA72

split-complementary

#72B7EA #EA727B #EAE172

monochromatic

#1D7DC4 #3D9CE2 #72B7EA #A7D2F2 #DDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72B7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#72B7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7EA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7EA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.102 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ccf1',
    500: '#72b7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7ea;
$custom-light: #a1ccf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7EA

secondary

#EED9CA

accent

#640FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7EA

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

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