#72A6ED#72A6ED

#72A6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6ED
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 2.45, -40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 40.95, 273.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0277 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.118 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8565, 36.9616, 85.3491)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6ED #EDB972

analogous

#72E4ED #72A6ED #7C72ED

triadic

#72A6ED #ED72A6 #A6ED72

tetradic

#72A6ED #ED72E4 #EDB972 #72ED7C

square

#72A6ED #ED72E4 #EDB972 #72ED7C

split-complementary

#72A6ED #ED7C72 #E4ED72

monochromatic

#1A65CB #3C84E6 #72A6ED #A8C8F4 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72A6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#72A6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6ED

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6ED	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f3',
    500: '#72a6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6ed;
$custom-light: #a1c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.634,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6ED

secondary

#F0E0CB

accent

#830CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6ED

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

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