#72A7EF#72A7EF

#72A7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7EF
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 2.49, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 41.48, 273.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0283 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.12 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3328, 37.4441, 86.9574)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7EF #EFBA72

analogous

#72E6EF #72A7EF #7C72EF

triadic

#72A7EF #EF72A7 #A7EF72

tetradic

#72A7EF #EF72E6 #EFBA72 #72EF7C

square

#72A7EF #EF72E6 #EFBA72 #72EF7C

split-complementary

#72A7EF #EF7C72 #E6EF72

monochromatic

#1865CF #3B85E9 #72A7EF #A9C9F5 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72A7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#72A7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7EF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7EF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c0f4',
    500: '#72a7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7ef;
$custom-light: #a2c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.56,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72106,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7EF

secondary

#F1E1CC

accent

#830ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7EF

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

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