#72AEF3#72AEF3

#72AEF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF3
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 243)
HSL	hsl(212, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -0.23, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 40.32, 269.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.035 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.119 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2475, 40.3175, 90.5432)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF3 #F3B772

analogous

#72EFF3 #72AEF3 #7672F3

triadic

#72AEF3 #F372AE #AEF372

tetradic

#72AEF3 #F372EF #F3B772 #72F376

square

#72AEF3 #F372EF #F3B772 #72F376

split-complementary

#72AEF3 #F37672 #EFF372

monochromatic

#126ED8 #3A8EEE #72AEF3 #AACEF8 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#72AEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#72AEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF3	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B1F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f7',
    500: '#72aef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef3;
$custom-light: #a2c5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF3

secondary

#F2E2CE

accent

#7A05E1

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF3

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

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