#72A7EB#72A7EB

#72A7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7EB
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 1.29, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 39.51, 271.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0294 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.115 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7484, 37.2103, 83.8797)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7EB #EBB672

analogous

#72E3EB #72A7EB #7972EB

triadic

#72A7EB #EB72A7 #A7EB72

tetradic

#72A7EB #EB72E3 #EBB672 #72EB79

square

#72A7EB #EB72E3 #EBB672 #72EB79

split-complementary

#72A7EB #EB7972 #E3EB72

monochromatic

#1C67C6 #3C86E3 #72A7EB #A8C8F3 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#72A7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#72A7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7EB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7EB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f1',
    500: '#72a7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7eb;
$custom-light: #a1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.719,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71913,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7EB

secondary

#EFDFCA

accent

#7F0ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7EB

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

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