#72AEEB#72AEEB

#72AEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEEB
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -2.63, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 36.59, 265.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0374 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.109 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0656, 39.8448, 84.3187)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEEB #EBAF72

analogous

#72EAEB #72AEEB #7272EB

triadic

#72AEEB #EB72AE #AEEB72

tetradic

#72AEEB #EB72EA #EBAF72 #72EB72

square

#72AEEB #EB72EA #EBAF72 #72EB72

split-complementary

#72AEEB #EB7272 #EAEB72

monochromatic

#1C71C6 #3C8FE3 #72AEEB #A8CDF3 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72AEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#72AEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEEB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEEB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 249.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.248,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEEB

secondary

#EFDDCA

accent

#740ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEEB

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

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