#72B8EE#72B8EE

#72B8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8EE
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -7.23, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 34.41, 257.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0478 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.105 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5070, 44.0282, 87.2887)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8EE #EEA872

analogous

#72EEE6 #72B8EE #727AEE

triadic

#72B8EE #EE72B8 #B8EE72

tetradic

#72B8EE #E672EE #EEA872 #7AEE72

square

#72B8EE #E672EE #EEA872 #7AEE72

split-complementary

#72B8EE #EE727A #EEE672

monochromatic

#197ECD #3B9CE7 #72B8EE #A9D4F5 #DFEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72B8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#72B8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8EE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8EE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf3',
    500: '#72b8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8ee;
$custom-light: #a2cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.129,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8EE

secondary

#F0DCCC

accent

#650BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8EE

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

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