#72AEF4#72AEF4

#72AEF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF4
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(212, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 0.07, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 40.80, 270.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0348 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.12 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3989, 40.3781, 91.3407)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF4 #F4B872

analogous

#72EFF4 #72AEF4 #7772F4

triadic

#72AEF4 #F472AE #AEF472

tetradic

#72AEF4 #F472EF #F4B872 #72F477

square

#72AEF4 #F472EF #F4B872 #72F477

split-complementary

#72AEF4 #F47772 #EFF472

monochromatic

#116EDB #398DF0 #72AEF4 #ABCFF8 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72AEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#72AEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF4

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF4	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B1F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f8',
    500: '#72aef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef4;
$custom-light: #a2c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF4

secondary

#F3E2CF

accent

#7B03E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF4

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

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