#72BAE9#72BAE9

#72BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.099 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAE9
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -9.76, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 31.90, 252.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0517 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.099 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2010, 44.5753, 83.6131)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAE9 #E9A172

analogous

#72E9DC #72BAE9 #727FE9

triadic

#72BAE9 #E972BA #BAE972

tetradic

#72BAE9 #DC72E9 #E9A172 #7FE972

square

#72BAE9 #DC72E9 #E9A172 #7FE972

split-complementary

#72BAE9 #E9727F #E9DC72

monochromatic

#1E82C2 #3DA0E1 #72BAE9 #A7D4F1 #DCEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#72BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAE9

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAE9	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.099 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1cef0',
    500: '#72bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bae9;
$custom-light: #a1cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75963,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAE9

secondary

#EED8C9

accent

#5E10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAE9

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

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