#72A8EC#72A8EC

#72A8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A8EC
RGBrgb(114, 168, 236)
HSLhsl(213, 76%, 69%)
HSVhsv(213, 52%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(51.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.75, 1.02, -39.54)
CIE-LCHlch(67.75, 39.55, 271.48°)
OKLaboklab(72.18% -0.0303 -0.111)
OKLCHoklch(72.18% 0.115 254.7)
XYZxyz(36.0772, 37.6361, 84.7040)
Luminance0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A8EC #ECB672
analogous
#72E5EC #72A8EC #7972EC
triadic
#72A8EC #EC72A8 #A8EC72
tetradic
#72A8EC #EC72E5 #ECB672 #72EC79
square
#72A8EC #EC72E5 #ECB672 #72EC79
split-complementary
#72A8EC #EC7972 #E5EC72
monochromatic
#1B68C9 #3C87E5 #72A8EC #A8C9F3 #DEEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#72A8EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53
#72A8EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8EC
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A8EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A8EC1.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DACEF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7EA0EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31B7C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 254.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c1f2',
    500: '#72a8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a8ec;
$custom-light: #a1c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.443,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A8EC
secondary
#EFDFCB
accent
#7E0DD8
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F7FD
border
#CED0D5
text
#0F1217
muted
#7F8185

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#72A8EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva