#72A8EF#72A8EF

#72A8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8EF
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 1.93, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 41.02, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0294 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.119 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5167, 37.8119, 87.0187)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8EF #EFB972

analogous

#72E7EF #72A8EF #7B72EF

triadic

#72A8EF #EF72A8 #A8EF72

tetradic

#72A8EF #EF72E7 #EFB972 #72EF7B

square

#72A8EF #EF72E7 #EFB972 #72EF7B

split-complementary

#72A8EF #EF7B72 #E7EF72

monochromatic

#1867CF #3B86E9 #72A8EF #A9CAF5 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72A8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#72A8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8EF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8EF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1f4',
    500: '#72a8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8ef;
$custom-light: #a2c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.08,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8EF

secondary

#F1E1CC

accent

#810ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8EF

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

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