#72A6EB#72A6EB

#72A6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6EB
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 1.85, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 39.96, 272.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0283 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.116 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5659, 36.8453, 83.8188)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6EB #EBB772

analogous

#72E2EB #72A6EB #7A72EB

triadic

#72A6EB #EB72A6 #A6EB72

tetradic

#72A6EB #EB72E2 #EBB772 #72EB7A

square

#72A6EB #EB72E2 #EBB772 #72EB7A

split-complementary

#72A6EB #EB7A72 #E2EB72

monochromatic

#1C65C6 #3C84E3 #72A6EB #A8C8F3 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#72A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6EB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6EB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f1',
    500: '#72a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6eb;
$custom-light: #a1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.215,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6EB

secondary

#EFDFCA

accent

#810ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6EB

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

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