#72A4E8#72A4E8

#72A4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E8
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 2.08, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 39.39, 273.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0269 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.114 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7754, 35.9520, 81.4352)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E8 #E8B672

analogous

#72DFE8 #72A4E8 #7B72E8

triadic

#72A4E8 #E872A4 #A4E872

tetradic

#72A4E8 #E872DF #E8B672 #72E87B

square

#72A4E8 #E872DF #E8B672 #72E87B

split-complementary

#72A4E8 #E87B72 #DFE872

monochromatic

#1F64C0 #3D82DF #72A4E8 #A7C6F1 #DBE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#72A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E8

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E8	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1beef',
    500: '#72a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e8;
$custom-light: #a1beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71125,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E8

secondary

#EDDEC9

accent

#8211D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E8

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

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