#72A7ED#72A7ED

#72A7ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7ED
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 237)
HSL	hsl(214, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 1.89, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 40.49, 272.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0289 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.117 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0389, 37.3265, 85.4100)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7ED #EDB872

analogous

#72E5ED #72A7ED #7B72ED

triadic

#72A7ED #ED72A7 #A7ED72

tetradic

#72A7ED #ED72E5 #EDB872 #72ED7B

square

#72A7ED #ED72E5 #EDB872 #72ED7B

split-complementary

#72A7ED #ED7B72 #E5ED72

monochromatic

#1A66CB #3C85E6 #72A7ED #A8C9F4 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72A7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#72A7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7ED

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7ED	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c0f3',
    500: '#72a7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7ed;
$custom-light: #a1c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.146,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7ED

secondary

#F0E0CB

accent

#810CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7ED

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

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