#72AAE7#72AAE7

#72AAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAE7
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -1.59, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 36.31, 267.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.034 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.107 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7330, 38.0937, 81.0556)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAE7 #E7AF72

analogous

#72E4E7 #72AAE7 #7472E7

triadic

#72AAE7 #E772AA #AAE772

tetradic

#72AAE7 #E772E4 #E7AF72 #72E774

square

#72AAE7 #E772E4 #E7AF72 #72E774

split-complementary

#72AAE7 #E77472 #E4E772

monochromatic

#206CBE #3E8ADE #72AAE7 #A6CAF0 #DBE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#72AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#72AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAE7

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAE7	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ef',
    500: '#72aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aae7;
$custom-light: #a1c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.282,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAE7

secondary

#EDDBC8

accent

#7713D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAE7

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

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