#72BAEF#72BAEF

#72BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.105 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BAEF
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -8.02, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 34.22, 256.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0497 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.105 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0727, 44.9239, 88.2041)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BAEF #EFA772

analogous

#72EFE6 #72BAEF #727CEF

triadic

#72BAEF #EF72BA #BAEF72

tetradic

#72BAEF #E672EF #EFA772 #7CEF72

square

#72BAEF #E672EF #EFA772 #7CEF72

split-complementary

#72BAEF #EF727C #EFE672

monochromatic

#1881CF #3B9FE9 #72BAEF #A9D5F5 #E0F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#72BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#72BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BAEF

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BAEF	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.105 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cef4',
    500: '#72baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72baef;
$custom-light: #a2cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.44,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BAEF

secondary

#F1DCCC

accent

#630ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BAEF

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

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