#72AEE8#72AEE8

#72AEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEE8
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -3.52, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 35.22, 264.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0383 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.105 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6359, 39.6729, 82.0553)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEE8 #E8AC72

analogous

#72E8E7 #72AEE8 #7273E8

triadic

#72AEE8 #E872AE #AEE872

tetradic

#72AEE8 #E772E8 #E8AC72 #73E872

square

#72AEE8 #E772E8 #E8AC72 #73E872

split-complementary

#72AEE8 #E87273 #E8E772

monochromatic

#1F71C0 #3D90DF #72AEE8 #A7CCF1 #DBEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#72AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#72AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEE8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEE8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ef',
    500: '#72aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aee8;
$custom-light: #a1c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.492,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEE8

secondary

#EDDBC9

accent

#7111D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEE8

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

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