#72AEEE#72AEEE

#72AEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEEE
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -1.73, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 37.97, 267.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0365 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.112 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5027, 40.0196, 86.6206)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEEE #EEB272

analogous

#72ECEE #72AEEE #7472EE

triadic

#72AEEE #EE72AE #AEEE72

tetradic

#72AEEE #EE72EC #EEB272 #72EE74

square

#72AEEE #EE72EC #EEB272 #72EE74

split-complementary

#72AEEE #EE7472 #ECEE72

monochromatic

#1970CD #3B8FE7 #72AEEE #A9CDF5 #DFEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#72AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEEE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEEE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f3',
    500: '#72aeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeee;
$custom-light: #a2c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73562,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEEE

secondary

#F0DECC

accent

#760BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →