#72A6EA#72A6EA

#72A6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6EA
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 1.55, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 39.47, 272.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0286 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.114 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4218, 36.7877, 83.0601)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6EA #EAB672

analogous

#72E2EA #72A6EA #7A72EA

triadic

#72A6EA #EA72A6 #A6EA72

tetradic

#72A6EA #EA72E2 #EAB672 #72EA7A

square

#72A6EA #EA72E2 #EAB672 #72EA7A

split-complementary

#72A6EA #EA7A72 #E2EA72

monochromatic

#1D66C4 #3D84E2 #72A6EA #A7C8F2 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#72A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6EA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6EA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f1',
    500: '#72a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6ea;
$custom-light: #a1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6EA

secondary

#EEDECA

accent

#800FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6EA

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

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