#72A7EA#72A7EA

#72A7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7EA
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 0.99, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 39.02, 271.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0297 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.113 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6043, 37.1527, 83.1209)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7EA #EAB572

analogous

#72E3EA #72A7EA #7972EA

triadic

#72A7EA #EA72A7 #A7EA72

tetradic

#72A7EA #EA72E3 #EAB572 #72EA79

square

#72A7EA #EA72E3 #EAB572 #72EA79

split-complementary

#72A7EA #EA7972 #E3EA72

monochromatic

#1D67C4 #3D86E2 #72A7EA #A7C8F2 #DDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72A7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#72A7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7EA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7EA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f1',
    500: '#72a7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7ea;
$custom-light: #a1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7EA

secondary

#EEDECA

accent

#7E0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7EA

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

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