#72AAF8#72AAF8

#72AAF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAF8
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 248)
HSL	hsl(215, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 31.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 3.53, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 44.54, 274.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0292 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.128 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2516, 39.1011, 94.3203)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAF8 #F8C072

analogous

#72EDF8 #72AAF8 #7D72F8

triadic

#72AAF8 #F872AA #AAF872

tetradic

#72AAF8 #F872ED #F8C072 #72F87D

square

#72AAF8 #F872ED #F8C072 #72F87D

split-complementary

#72AAF8 #F87D72 #EDF872

monochromatic

#0B66E4 #3887F5 #72AAF8 #ACCDFB #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72AAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#72AAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAF8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAF8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3fb',
    500: '#72aaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaf8;
$custom-light: #a3c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.925,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAF8

secondary

#F5E6D1

accent

#8600E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAF8

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

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