#72B8EA#72B8EA

#72B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.101 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8EA
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -8.40, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 32.81, 255.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0491 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.101 241)
XYZ	xyz(38.9259, 43.7958, 84.2281)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8EA #EAA472

analogous

#72EAE0 #72B8EA #727CEA

triadic

#72B8EA #EA72B8 #B8EA72

tetradic

#72B8EA #E072EA #EAA472 #7CEA72

square

#72B8EA #E072EA #EAA472 #7CEA72

split-complementary

#72B8EA #EA727C #EAE072

monochromatic

#1D7FC4 #3D9DE2 #72B8EA #A7D3F2 #DDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#72B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8EA

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8EA	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.101 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cdf1',
    500: '#72b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8ea;
$custom-light: #a1cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.43799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8EA

secondary

#EED9CA

accent

#620FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8EA

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

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