#72A4E4#72A4E4

#72A4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E4
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 0.89, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 37.41, 271.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.028 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.109 255)
XYZ	xyz(34.2137, 35.7273, 78.4769)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E4 #E4B272

analogous

#72DDE4 #72A4E4 #7972E4

triadic

#72A4E4 #E472A4 #A4E472

tetradic

#72A4E4 #E472DD #E4B272 #72E479

square

#72A4E4 #E472DD #E4B272 #72E479

split-complementary

#72A4E4 #E47972 #DDE472

monochromatic

#2365B8 #3F83DA #72A4E4 #A5C5EE #D9E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#72A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E4

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E4	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beec',
    500: '#72a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e4;
$custom-light: #a1beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70934,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.3573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E4

secondary

#EBDBC7

accent

#7E16D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E4

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

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