#72BAEA#72BAEA

#72BAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.100 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAEA
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -9.47, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 32.27, 252.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0513 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.1 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3443, 44.6326, 84.3676)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAEA #EAA272

analogous

#72EADE #72BAEA #727EEA

triadic

#72BAEA #EA72BA #BAEA72

tetradic

#72BAEA #DE72EA #EAA272 #7EEA72

square

#72BAEA #DE72EA #EAA272 #7EEA72

split-complementary

#72BAEA #EA727E #EADE72

monochromatic

#1D82C4 #3DA0E2 #72BAEA #A7D4F2 #DDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#72BAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#72BAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAEA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAEA	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.100 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cef1',
    500: '#72baea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baea;
$custom-light: #a2cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAEA

secondary

#EED8CA

accent

#5F0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAEA

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

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