#72BAEE#72BAEE

#72BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAEE
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -8.31, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 33.82, 255.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.05 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.104 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9254, 44.8650, 87.4282)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAEE #EEA672

analogous

#72EEE4 #72BAEE #727CEE

triadic

#72BAEE #EE72BA #BAEE72

tetradic

#72BAEE #E472EE #EEA672 #7CEE72

square

#72BAEE #E472EE #EEA672 #7CEE72

split-complementary

#72BAEE #EE727C #EEE472

monochromatic

#1981CD #3B9FE7 #72BAEE #A9D5F5 #DFEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#72BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAEE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAEE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 241.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76178,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAEE

secondary

#F0DBCC

accent

#620BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAEE

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

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