#72AEE2#72AEE2

#72AEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEE2
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -5.27, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 32.57, 260.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0402 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.098 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7981, 39.3378, 77.6433)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEE2 #E2A672

analogous

#72E2DE #72AEE2 #7276E2

triadic

#72AEE2 #E272AE #AEE272

tetradic

#72AEE2 #DE72E2 #E2A672 #76E272

square

#72AEE2 #DE72E2 #E2A672 #76E272

split-complementary

#72AEE2 #E27276 #E2DE72

monochromatic

#2572B4 #3F91D8 #72AEE2 #A5CBEC #D8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#72AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#72AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEE2

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEE2	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6eb',
    500: '#72aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aee2;
$custom-light: #a0c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEE2

secondary

#EAD7C6

accent

#6C18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEE2

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

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