#72A4E7#72A4E7

#72A4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E7
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 1.78, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 38.89, 272.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0271 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.112 256)
XYZ	xyz(34.6338, 35.8953, 80.6892)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E7 #E7B572

analogous

#72DEE7 #72A4E7 #7A72E7

triadic

#72A4E7 #E772A4 #A4E772

tetradic

#72A4E7 #E772DE #E7B572 #72E77A

square

#72A4E7 #E772DE #E7B572 #72E77A

split-complementary

#72A4E7 #E77A72 #DEE772

monochromatic

#2064BE #3E82DE #72A4E7 #A6C6F0 #DBE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#72A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E7

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E7	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beef',
    500: '#72a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e7;
$custom-light: #a1beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.359,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71077,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.35898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E7

secondary

#EDDDC8

accent

#8113D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E7

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

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