#72BAEB#72BAEB

#72BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.101 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAEB
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -9.18, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 32.65, 253.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.051 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.101 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4883, 44.6902, 85.1263)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAEB #EBA372

analogous

#72EBE0 #72BAEB #727DEB

triadic

#72BAEB #EB72BA #BAEB72

tetradic

#72BAEB #E072EB #EBA372 #7DEB72

square

#72BAEB #E072EB #EBA372 #7DEB72

split-complementary

#72BAEB #EB727D #EBE072

monochromatic

#1C81C6 #3CA0E3 #72BAEB #A8D4F3 #DDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#72BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAEB

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAEB	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CC6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.101 239.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76049,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAEB

secondary

#EFD9CA

accent

#600ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAEB

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

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