#72AAEE#72AAEE

#72AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAEE
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 0.50, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 39.65, 270.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.032 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.116 254)
XYZ	xyz(36.7414, 38.4971, 86.3669)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAEE #EEB672

analogous

#72E8EE #72AAEE #7872EE

triadic

#72AAEE #EE72AA #AAEE72

tetradic

#72AAEE #EE72E8 #EEB672 #72EE78

square

#72AAEE #EE72E8 #EEB672 #72EE78

split-complementary

#72AAEE #EE7872 #E8EE72

monochromatic

#196ACD #3B89E7 #72AAEE #A9CBF5 #DFECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#72AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAEE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAEE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f4',
    500: '#72aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaee;
$custom-light: #a2c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAEE

secondary

#F0E0CC

accent

#7D0BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAEE

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

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