#72BAE1#72BAE1

#72BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.092 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAE1
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -12.05, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 29.09, 245.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0545 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.092 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0840, 44.1285, 77.7303)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAE1 #E19972

analogous

#72E1D1 #72BAE1 #7283E1

triadic

#72BAE1 #E172BA #BAE172

tetradic

#72BAE1 #D172E1 #E19972 #83E172

square

#72BAE1 #D172E1 #E19972 #83E172

split-complementary

#72BAE1 #E17283 #E1D172

monochromatic

#2681B3 #40A1D6 #72BAE1 #A4D3EC #D7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#72BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#72BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAE1

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAE1	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.092 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ceea',
    500: '#72bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bae1;
$custom-light: #a1ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAE1

secondary

#E9D2C5

accent

#5819CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAE1

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

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