#72B8EF#72B8EF

#72B8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B8EF
RGB	rgb(114, 184, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -6.93, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 34.82, 258.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0474 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.107 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6543, 44.0872, 88.0646)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B8EF #EFA972

analogous

#72EFE8 #72B8EF #727AEF

triadic

#72B8EF #EF72B8 #B8EF72

tetradic

#72B8EF #E872EF #EFA972 #7AEF72

square

#72B8EF #E872EF #EFA972 #7AEF72

split-complementary

#72B8EF #EF727A #EFE872

monochromatic

#187ECF #3B9CE9 #72B8EF #A9D4F5 #E0EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72B8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#72B8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B8EF

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B8EF	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 184, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf4',
    500: '#72b8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b8ef;
$custom-light: #a2cdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B8EF

secondary

#F1DCCC

accent

#660ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B8EF

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

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