#72BAE7#72BAE7

#72BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.097 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAE7
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -10.34, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 31.17, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0524 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.097 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9169, 44.4616, 82.1170)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAE7 #E79F72

analogous

#72E7DA #72BAE7 #727FE7

triadic

#72BAE7 #E772BA #BAE772

tetradic

#72BAE7 #DA72E7 #E79F72 #7FE772

square

#72BAE7 #DA72E7 #E79F72 #7FE772

split-complementary

#72BAE7 #E7727F #E7DA72

monochromatic

#2082BE #3EA0DE #72BAE7 #A6D4F0 #DBEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#72BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAE7

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAE7	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.097 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ceee',
    500: '#72bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bae7;
$custom-light: #a1ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAE7

secondary

#EDD6C8

accent

#5D13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAE7

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

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