#72AEE5#72AEE5

#72AEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72AEE5
RGBrgb(114, 174, 229)
HSLhsl(209, 69%, 67%)
HSVhsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(50.2%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.11, -4.40, -33.59)
CIE-LCHlch(69.11, 33.88, 262.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.15% -0.0393 -0.0938)
OKLCHoklch(73.15% 0.102 247.3)
XYZxyz(36.2134, 39.5039, 79.8303)
Luminance0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72AEE5 #E5A972
analogous
#72E5E3 #72AEE5 #7274E5
triadic
#72AEE5 #E572AE #AEE572
tetradic
#72AEE5 #E372E5 #E5A972 #74E572
square
#72AEE5 #E372E5 #E5A972 #74E572
split-complementary
#72AEE5 #E57274 #E5E372
monochromatic
#2272BA #3E90DB #72AEE5 #A6CCEF #D9E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#72AEE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#72AEE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEE5
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72AEE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72AEE51.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97AFE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A4E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#37BBC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72aee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 247.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ed',
    500: '#72aee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72aee5;
$custom-light: #a1c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72aee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72AEE5
secondary
#ECD9C7
accent
#6F15D1
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#72AEE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva