#72B8E7#72B8E7

#72B8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8E7
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -9.27, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 31.65, 252.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0501 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.098 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4985, 43.6248, 81.9775)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8E7 #E7A172

analogous

#72E7DC #72B8E7 #727DE7

triadic

#72B8E7 #E772B8 #B8E772

tetradic

#72B8E7 #DC72E7 #E7A172 #7DE772

square

#72B8E7 #DC72E7 #E7A172 #7DE772

split-complementary

#72B8E7 #E7727D #E7DC72

monochromatic

#207FBE #3E9EDE #72B8E7 #A6D2F0 #DBEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#72B8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#72B8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8E7

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8E7	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cdee',
    500: '#72b8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8e7;
$custom-light: #a1cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.103,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8E7

secondary

#EDD7C8

accent

#6013D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8E7

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

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