#72A5EA#72A5EA

#72A5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5EA
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 2.12, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 39.92, 273.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0274 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.115 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2408, 36.4256, 82.9997)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5EA #EAB772

analogous

#72E1EA #72A5EA #7B72EA

triadic

#72A5EA #EA72A5 #A5EA72

tetradic

#72A5EA #EA72E1 #EAB772 #72EA7B

square

#72A5EA #EA72E1 #EAB772 #72EA7B

split-complementary

#72A5EA #EA7B72 #E1EA72

monochromatic

#1D64C4 #3D83E2 #72A5EA #A7C7F2 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#72A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#72A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5EA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5EA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bff1',
    500: '#72a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5ea;
$custom-light: #a1bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71436,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5EA

secondary

#EEDFCA

accent

#820FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5EA

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

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