#72A6EC#72A6EC

#72A6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6EC
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 2.15, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 40.45, 273.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.028 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.117 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7108, 36.9033, 84.5818)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6EC #ECB872

analogous

#72E3EC #72A6EC #7B72EC

triadic

#72A6EC #EC72A6 #A6EC72

tetradic

#72A6EC #EC72E3 #ECB872 #72EC7B

square

#72A6EC #EC72E3 #ECB872 #72EC7B

split-complementary

#72A6EC #EC7B72 #E3EC72

monochromatic

#1B65C9 #3C84E5 #72A6EC #A8C8F3 #DEEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72A6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#72A6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6EC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6EC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f2',
    500: '#72a6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6ec;
$custom-light: #a1c0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.426,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71747,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6EC

secondary

#EFE0CB

accent

#820DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6EC

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

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