#72B7EE#72B7EE

#72B7EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.106 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7EE
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -6.68, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 34.72, 258.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0466 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.106 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3000, 43.6143, 87.2197)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7EE #EEA972

analogous

#72EEE7 #72B7EE #7279EE

triadic

#72B7EE #EE72B7 #B7EE72

tetradic

#72B7EE #E772EE #EEA972 #79EE72

square

#72B7EE #E772EE #EEA972 #79EE72

split-complementary

#72B7EE #EE7279 #EEE772

monochromatic

#197DCD #3B9BE7 #72B7EE #A9D3F5 #DFEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#72B7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7EE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7EE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.106 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ccf3',
    500: '#72b7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7ee;
$custom-light: #a2ccf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.613,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7EE

secondary

#F0DCCC

accent

#670BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7EE

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

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