#72AEF8#72AEF8

#72AEF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF8
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(213, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 1.28, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 42.72, 271.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0336 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.125 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0128, 40.6237, 94.5740)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF8 #F8BC72

analogous

#72F1F8 #72AEF8 #7972F8

triadic

#72AEF8 #F872AE #AEF872

tetradic

#72AEF8 #F872F1 #F8BC72 #72F879

square

#72AEF8 #F872F1 #F8BC72 #72F879

split-complementary

#72AEF8 #F87972 #F1F872

monochromatic

#0B6CE4 #388DF5 #72AEF8 #ACCFFB #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72AEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#72AEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF8

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF8	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fb',
    500: '#72aef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef8;
$custom-light: #a3c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.134,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74038,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF8

secondary

#F5E5D1

accent

#7F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF8

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

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