#72AEF5#72AEF5

#72AEF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF5
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(213, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 0.37, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 41.28, 270.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0345 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.121 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5511, 40.4390, 92.1425)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF5 #F5B972

analogous

#72F0F5 #72AEF5 #7772F5

triadic

#72AEF5 #F572AE #AEF572

tetradic

#72AEF5 #F572F0 #F5B972 #72F577

square

#72AEF5 #F572F0 #F5B972 #72F577

split-complementary

#72AEF5 #F57772 #F0F572

monochromatic

#106EDD #398DF1 #72AEF5 #ABCFF9 #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72AEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#72AEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF5	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5f8',
    500: '#72aef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef5;
$custom-light: #a2c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.519,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73893,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF5

secondary

#F3E3CF

accent

#7C02E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF5

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

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