#72A8EE#72A8EE

#72A8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8EE
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 1.63, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 40.53, 272.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0297 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.118 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3693, 37.7529, 86.2429)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8EE #EEB872

analogous

#72E6EE #72A8EE #7A72EE

triadic

#72A8EE #EE72A8 #A8EE72

tetradic

#72A8EE #EE72E6 #EEB872 #72EE7A

square

#72A8EE #EE72E6 #EEB872 #72EE7A

split-complementary

#72A8EE #EE7A72 #E6EE72

monochromatic

#1967CD #3B86E7 #72A8EE #A9CAF5 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#72A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8EE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8EE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f4',
    500: '#72a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8ee;
$custom-light: #a2c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.871,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8EE

secondary

#F0E0CC

accent

#800BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8EE

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

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