#72A4E6#72A4E6

#72A4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E6
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 1.48, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 38.40, 272.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0274 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.111 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4929, 35.8390, 79.9476)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E6 #E6B472

analogous

#72DEE6 #72A4E6 #7A72E6

triadic

#72A4E6 #E672A4 #A4E672

tetradic

#72A4E6 #E672DE #E6B472 #72E67A

square

#72A4E6 #E672DE #E6B472 #72E67A

split-complementary

#72A4E6 #E67A72 #DEE672

monochromatic

#2164BC #3E82DD #72A4E6 #A6C6EF #DAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#72A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E6

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E6	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beee',
    500: '#72a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e6;
$custom-light: #a1beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.138,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E6

secondary

#ECDCC8

accent

#8014D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E6

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

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