#72AAEF#72AAEF

#72AAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAEF
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 0.80, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 40.13, 271.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0317 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.117 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8887, 38.5560, 87.1428)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAEF #EFB772

analogous

#72E9EF #72AAEF #7972EF

triadic

#72AAEF #EF72AA #AAEF72

tetradic

#72AAEF #EF72E9 #EFB772 #72EF79

square

#72AAEF #EF72E9 #EFB772 #72EF79

split-complementary

#72AAEF #EF7972 #E9EF72

monochromatic

#186ACF #3B89E9 #72AAEF #A9CBF5 #E0ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#72AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#72AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAEF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAEF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 254.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.12,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAEF

secondary

#F1E0CC

accent

#7E0ADC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAEF

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

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