#72AEEA#72AEEA

#72AEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEEA
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -2.92, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 36.13, 265.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0377 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.108 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9216, 39.7872, 83.5600)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEEA #EAAE72

analogous

#72EAEA #72AEEA #7272EA

triadic

#72AEEA #EA72AE #AEEA72

tetradic

#72AEEA #EA72EA #EAAE72 #72EA72

square

#72AEEA #EA72EA #EAAE72 #72EA72

split-complementary

#72AEEA #EA7272 #EAEA72

monochromatic

#1D71C4 #3D8FE2 #72AEEA #A7CDF2 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72AEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#72AEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEEA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEEA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6f1',
    500: '#72aeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeea;
$custom-light: #a1c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEEA

secondary

#EEDCCA

accent

#730FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEEA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →