#72A8ED#72A8ED

#72A8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8ED
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(214, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 1.32, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 40.04, 271.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.03 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.116 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2228, 37.6943, 85.4713)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8ED #EDB772

analogous

#72E5ED #72A8ED #7A72ED

triadic

#72A8ED #ED72A8 #A8ED72

tetradic

#72A8ED #ED72E5 #EDB772 #72ED7A

square

#72A8ED #ED72E5 #EDB772 #72ED7A

split-complementary

#72A8ED #ED7A72 #E5ED72

monochromatic

#1A68CB #3C87E6 #72A8ED #A8C9F4 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72A8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#72A8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8ED

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8ED	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c1f3',
    500: '#72a8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8ed;
$custom-light: #a1c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8ED

secondary

#F0E0CB

accent

#7F0CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8ED

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

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