#72A2E5#72A2E5

#72A2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2E5
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 2.32, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 38.81, 273.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0254 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.112 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9978, 35.0728, 79.0917)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2E5 #E5B572

analogous

#72DBE5 #72A2E5 #7C72E5

triadic

#72A2E5 #E572A2 #A2E572

tetradic

#72A2E5 #E572DB #E5B572 #72E57C

square

#72A2E5 #E572DB #E5B572 #72E57C

split-complementary

#72A2E5 #E57C72 #DBE572

monochromatic

#2262BA #3E80DB #72A2E5 #A6C4EF #D9E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72A2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#72A2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2E5

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2E5	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bded',
    500: '#72a2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2e5;
$custom-light: #a1bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.957,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70552,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2E5

secondary

#ECDCC7

accent

#8215D1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2E5

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

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