#72A4E9#72A4E9

#72A4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4E9
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 2.38, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 39.88, 273.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0266 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.115 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9178, 36.0089, 82.1854)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4E9 #E9B772

analogous

#72DFE9 #72A4E9 #7B72E9

triadic

#72A4E9 #E972A4 #A4E972

tetradic

#72A4E9 #E972DF #E9B772 #72E97B

square

#72A4E9 #E972DF #E9B772 #72E97B

split-complementary

#72A4E9 #E97B72 #DFE972

monochromatic

#1E63C2 #3D82E1 #72A4E9 #A7C6F1 #DCE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#72A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4E9

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4E9	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bef0',
    500: '#72a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4e9;
$custom-light: #a1bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.79,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4E9

secondary

#EEDEC9

accent

#8210D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4E9

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

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