#72AEF1#72AEF1

#72AEF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF1
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 241)
HSL	hsl(212, 82%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -0.84, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 39.38, 268.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0356 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.116 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9471, 40.1974, 88.9612)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF1 #F1B572

analogous

#72EDF1 #72AEF1 #7672F1

triadic

#72AEF1 #F172AE #AEF172

tetradic

#72AEF1 #F172ED #F1B572 #72F176

square

#72AEF1 #F172ED #F1B572 #72F176

split-complementary

#72AEF1 #F17672 #EDF172

monochromatic

#156FD4 #3A8EEB #72AEF1 #AACEF7 #E1EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#72AEF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#72AEF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF1

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF1	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B1F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f6',
    500: '#72aef1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef1;
$custom-light: #a2c5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.654,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF1

secondary

#F2E0CD

accent

#7907DE

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF1

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

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