#72A5EB#72A5EB

#72A5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5EB
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 2.42, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 40.42, 273.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0272 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.117 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3848, 36.4832, 83.7585)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5EB #EBB872

analogous

#72E1EB #72A5EB #7B72EB

triadic

#72A5EB #EB72A5 #A5EB72

tetradic

#72A5EB #EB72E1 #EBB872 #72EB7B

square

#72A5EB #EB72E1 #EBB872 #72EB7B

split-complementary

#72A5EB #EB7B72 #E1EB72

monochromatic

#1C64C6 #3C83E3 #72A5EB #A8C7F3 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#72A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#72A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5EB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5EB	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bff1',
    500: '#72a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5eb;
$custom-light: #a1bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.711,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71485,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5EB

secondary

#EFDFCA

accent

#830ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5EB

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

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