#72A6E9#72A6E9

#72A6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6E9
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 1.25, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 38.98, 271.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0289 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.113 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2786, 36.7304, 82.3056)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6E9 #E9B572

analogous

#72E1E9 #72A6E9 #7A72E9

triadic

#72A6E9 #E972A6 #A6E972

tetradic

#72A6E9 #E972E1 #E9B572 #72E97A

square

#72A6E9 #E972E1 #E9B572 #72E97A

split-complementary

#72A6E9 #E97A72 #E1E972

monochromatic

#1E66C2 #3D85E1 #72A6E9 #A7C7F1 #DCE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72A6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#72A6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6E9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6E9	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f0',
    500: '#72a6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6e9;
$custom-light: #a1c0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71602,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6E9

secondary

#EEDEC9

accent

#7F10D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6E9

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

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