#72A7EC#72A7EC

#72A7EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7EC
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 1.59, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 40.00, 272.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0292 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.116 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8933, 37.2683, 84.6427)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7EC #ECB772

analogous

#72E4EC #72A7EC #7A72EC

triadic

#72A7EC #EC72A7 #A7EC72

tetradic

#72A7EC #EC72E4 #ECB772 #72EC7A

square

#72A7EC #EC72E4 #ECB772 #72EC7A

split-complementary

#72A7EC #EC7A72 #E4EC72

monochromatic

#1B66C9 #3C85E5 #72A7EC #A8C9F3 #DEEAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72A7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#72A7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7EC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7EC	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f2',
    500: '#72a7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7ec;
$custom-light: #a1c0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.934,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7EC

secondary

#EFDFCB

accent

#800DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7EC

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

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