#72A8EA#72A8EA

#72A8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8EA
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 0.42, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 38.58, 270.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0309 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.113 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7882, 37.5205, 83.1822)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8EA #EAB472

analogous

#72E4EA #72A8EA #7872EA

triadic

#72A8EA #EA72A8 #A8EA72

tetradic

#72A8EA #EA72E4 #EAB472 #72EA78

square

#72A8EA #EA72E4 #EAB472 #72EA78

split-complementary

#72A8EA #EA7872 #E4EA72

monochromatic

#1D68C4 #3D87E2 #72A8EA #A7C9F2 #DDEAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#72A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8EA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8EA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c1f1',
    500: '#72a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8ea;
$custom-light: #a1c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7208,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8EA

secondary

#EEDECA

accent

#7D0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8EA

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

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