#72AEE6#72AEE6

#72AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEE6
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -4.10, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 34.32, 263.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.039 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.103 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3534, 39.5599, 80.5677)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEE6 #E6AA72

analogous

#72E6E4 #72AEE6 #7274E6

triadic

#72AEE6 #E672AE #AEE672

tetradic

#72AEE6 #E472E6 #E6AA72 #74E672

square

#72AEE6 #E472E6 #E6AA72 #74E672

split-complementary

#72AEE6 #E67274 #E6E472

monochromatic

#2171BC #3E90DD #72AEE6 #A6CCEF #DAEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#72AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEE6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEE6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ee',
    500: '#72aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aee6;
$custom-light: #a1c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.966,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEE6

secondary

#ECD9C8

accent

#6F14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEE6

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

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