#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
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 1.02, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 39.55, 271.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0303 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.115 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0772, 37.6361, 84.7040)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##72A8EC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8EC

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

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