#72BAE5#72BAE5

#72BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.095 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAE5
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -10.91, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 30.45, 249.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0531 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.095 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6361, 44.3493, 80.6378)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAE5 #E59D72

analogous

#72E5D7 #72BAE5 #7281E5

triadic

#72BAE5 #E572BA #BAE572

tetradic

#72BAE5 #D772E5 #E59D72 #81E572

square

#72BAE5 #D772E5 #E59D72 #81E572

split-complementary

#72BAE5 #E57281 #E5D772

monochromatic

#2281BA #3EA1DB #72BAE5 #A6D3EF #D9EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#72BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#72BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAE5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAE5	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.095 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ceed',
    500: '#72bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bae5;
$custom-light: #a1ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75795,
    "c": 0.09522,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAE5

secondary

#ECD5C7

accent

#5B15D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAE5

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

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