#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
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -4.40, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 33.88, 262.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0393 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.102 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2134, 39.5039, 79.8303)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72AEE5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72AEE5

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

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