#72AEE4#72AEE4

#72AEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEE4
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -4.69, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 33.44, 261.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0396 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.101 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0742, 39.4482, 79.0970)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEE4 #E4A872

analogous

#72E4E1 #72AEE4 #7275E4

triadic

#72AEE4 #E472AE #AEE472

tetradic

#72AEE4 #E172E4 #E4A872 #75E472

square

#72AEE4 #E172E4 #E4A872 #75E472

split-complementary

#72AEE4 #E47275 #E4E172

monochromatic

#2372B8 #3F90DA #72AEE4 #A5CCEE #D9E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#72AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEE4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEE4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ec',
    500: '#72aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aee4;
$custom-light: #a1c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73105,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEE4

secondary

#EBD8C7

accent

#6E16D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEE4

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

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