#72A4E5#72A4E5

#72A4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E5
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 1.19, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 37.90, 271.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0277 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.11 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3529, 35.7830, 79.2101)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E5 #E5B372

analogous

#72DDE5 #72A4E5 #7A72E5

triadic

#72A4E5 #E572A4 #A4E572

tetradic

#72A4E5 #E572DD #E5B372 #72E57A

square

#72A4E5 #E572DD #E5B372 #72E57A

split-complementary

#72A4E5 #E57A72 #DDE572

monochromatic

#2264BA #3E83DB #72A4E5 #A6C5EF #D9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#72A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E5	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beed',
    500: '#72a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e5;
$custom-light: #a1beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E5

secondary

#ECDCC7

accent

#7F15D1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E5

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

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