#72BAED#72BAED

#72BAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.103 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAED
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -8.60, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 33.43, 255.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0503 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.103 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7789, 44.8064, 86.6566)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAED #EDA572

analogous

#72EDE3 #72BAED #727DED

triadic

#72BAED #ED72BA #BAED72

tetradic

#72BAED #E372ED #EDA572 #7DED72

square

#72BAED #E372ED #EDA572 #7DED72

split-complementary

#72BAED #ED727D #EDE372

monochromatic

#1A81CB #3C9FE6 #72BAED #A8D5F4 #DFEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#72BAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAED

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAED	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.103 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cef3',
    500: '#72baed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baed;
$custom-light: #a2cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76135,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAED

secondary

#F0DACB

accent

#610CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAED

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

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