#72AAF5#72AAF5

#72AAF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAF5
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 245)
HSL	hsl(214, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 2.62, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 43.06, 273.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.03 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.125 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7899, 38.9165, 91.8887)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAF5 #F5BD72

analogous

#72ECF5 #72AAF5 #7B72F5

triadic

#72AAF5 #F572AA #AAF572

tetradic

#72AAF5 #F572EC #F5BD72 #72F57B

square

#72AAF5 #F572EC #F5BD72 #72F57B

split-complementary

#72AAF5 #F57B72 #ECF572

monochromatic

#1067DD #3988F1 #72AAF5 #ABCCF9 #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#72AAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#72AAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAF5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAF5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAEF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA2F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f9',
    500: '#72aaf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaf5;
$custom-light: #a2c3f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.351,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAF5

secondary

#F3E4CF

accent

#8302E3

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAF5

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

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