#72AEF9#72AEF9

#72AEF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEF9
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(213, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 1.58, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 43.20, 272.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0333 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.126 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1684, 40.6859, 95.3933)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEF9 #F9BD72

analogous

#72F2F9 #72AEF9 #7972F9

triadic

#72AEF9 #F972AE #AEF972

tetradic

#72AEF9 #F972F2 #F9BD72 #72F979

square

#72AEF9 #F972F2 #F9BD72 #72F979

split-complementary

#72AEF9 #F97972 #F2F972

monochromatic

#0A6CE7 #378CF7 #72AEF9 #ADD0FB #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#72AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEF9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEF9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fb',
    500: '#72aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aef9;
$custom-light: #a3c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEF9

secondary

#F5E5D2

accent

#7F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEF9

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

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