#72AEF7#72AEF7

#72AEF7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.123 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF7
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 247)
HSL	hsl(213, 89%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 0.97, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 42.24, 271.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0339 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.123 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8581, 40.5618, 93.7592)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF7 #F7BB72

analogous

#72F1F7 #72AEF7 #7872F7

triadic

#72AEF7 #F772AE #AEF772

tetradic

#72AEF7 #F772F1 #F7BB72 #72F778

square

#72AEF7 #F772F1 #F7BB72 #72F778

split-complementary

#72AEF7 #F77872 #F1F772

monochromatic

#0D6DE2 #388DF4 #72AEF7 #ACCFFA #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72AEF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#72AEF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF7

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF7	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A5F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.123 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fa',
    500: '#72aef7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef7;
$custom-light: #a3c5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.932,
    "s": 89.262,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7399,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF7

secondary

#F4E4D1

accent

#7E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF7

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

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