#72A4E2#72A4E2

#72A4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E2
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 0.30, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 36.44, 270.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0286 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.106 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9377, 35.6169, 77.0231)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E2 #E2B072

analogous

#72DCE2 #72A4E2 #7872E2

triadic

#72A4E2 #E272A4 #A4E272

tetradic

#72A4E2 #E272DC #E2B072 #72E278

square

#72A4E2 #E272DC #E2B072 #72E278

split-complementary

#72A4E2 #E27872 #DCE272

monochromatic

#2565B4 #3F83D8 #72A4E2 #A5C5EC #D8E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#72A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E2	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0beeb',
    500: '#72a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e2;
$custom-light: #a0beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.214,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E2

secondary

#EADAC6

accent

#7C18CE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E2

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

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