#72B7EF#72B7EF

#72B7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B7EF
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -6.39, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 35.14, 259.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0463 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.107 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4473, 43.6732, 87.9956)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B7EF #EFAA72

analogous

#72EFE9 #72B7EF #7279EF

triadic

#72B7EF #EF72B7 #B7EF72

tetradic

#72B7EF #E972EF #EFAA72 #79EF72

square

#72B7EF #E972EF #EFAA72 #79EF72

split-complementary

#72B7EF #EF7279 #EFE972

monochromatic

#187DCF #3B9BE9 #72B7EF #A9D3F5 #E0EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#72B7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B7EF

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B7EF	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2ccf4',
    500: '#72b7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b7ef;
$custom-light: #a2ccf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.88,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75564,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B7EF

secondary

#F1DDCC

accent

#680ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B7EF

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

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