#72AEEF#72AEEF

#72AEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEEF
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -1.44, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 38.44, 267.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0362 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.114 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6500, 40.0786, 87.3965)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEEF #EFB372

analogous

#72EDEF #72AEEF #7572EF

triadic

#72AEEF #EF72AE #AEEF72

tetradic

#72AEEF #EF72ED #EFB372 #72EF75

square

#72AEEF #EF72ED #EFB372 #72EF75

split-complementary

#72AEEF #EF7572 #EDEF72

monochromatic

#1870CF #3B8EE9 #72AEEF #A9CEF5 #E0EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#72AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEEF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEEF	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f4',
    500: '#72aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aeef;
$custom-light: #a2c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEEF

secondary

#F1DFCC

accent

#770ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEEF

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

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