#72B9EF#72B9EF

#72B9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.106 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B9EF
RGB	rgb(114, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -7.48, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 34.51, 257.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0486 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.106 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8628, 44.5041, 88.1341)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B9EF #EFA872

analogous

#72EFE7 #72B9EF #727BEF

triadic

#72B9EF #EF72B9 #B9EF72

tetradic

#72B9EF #E772EF #EFA872 #7BEF72

square

#72B9EF #E772EF #EFA872 #7BEF72

split-complementary

#72B9EF #EF727B #EFE772

monochromatic

#1880CF #3B9EE9 #72B9EF #A9D4F5 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72B9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#72B9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B9EF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B9EF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.106 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cdf4',
    500: '#72b9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b9ef;
$custom-light: #a2cdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.92,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76002,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B9EF

secondary

#F1DCCC

accent

#640ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B9EF

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

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