#72A7EE#72A7EE

#72A7EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7EE
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 2.19, -40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 40.99, 273.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0286 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.119 256)
XYZ	xyz(36.1854, 37.3851, 86.1816)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7EE #EEB972

analogous

#72E5EE #72A7EE #7B72EE

triadic

#72A7EE #EE72A7 #A7EE72

tetradic

#72A7EE #EE72E5 #EEB972 #72EE7B

square

#72A7EE #EE72E5 #EEB972 #72EE7B

split-complementary

#72A7EE #EE7B72 #E5EE72

monochromatic

#1966CD #3B85E7 #72A7EE #A9C9F5 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#72A7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#72A7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7EE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7EE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f4',
    500: '#72a7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7ee;
$custom-light: #a2c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.355,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.37388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7EE

secondary

#F0E1CC

accent

#820BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7EE

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

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