#72A4E1#72A4E1

#72A4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E1
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 0.00, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 35.95, 270.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0289 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.105 254)
XYZ	xyz(33.8009, 35.5621, 76.3026)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E1 #E1AF72

analogous

#72DCE1 #72A4E1 #7872E1

triadic

#72A4E1 #E172A4 #A4E172

tetradic

#72A4E1 #E172DC #E1AF72 #72E178

square

#72A4E1 #E172DC #E1AF72 #72E178

split-complementary

#72A4E1 #E17872 #DCE172

monochromatic

#2665B3 #4083D6 #72A4E1 #A4C5EC #D7E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#72A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E1

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E1	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0beea',
    500: '#72a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e1;
$custom-light: #a0beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.973,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E1

secondary

#E9D9C5

accent

#7C19CD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E1

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

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