#72AEFA#72AEFA

#72AEFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEFA
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 1.89, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 43.69, 272.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0331 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.127 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3248, 40.7485, 96.2169)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEFA #FABE72

analogous

#72F2FA #72AEFA #7A72FA

triadic

#72AEFA #FA72AE #AEFA72

tetradic

#72AEFA #FA72F2 #FABE72 #72FA7A

square

#72AEFA #FA72F2 #FABE72 #72FA7A

split-complementary

#72AEFA #FA7A72 #F2FA72

monochromatic

#086CE9 #378CF8 #72AEFA #ADD0FC #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#72AEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEFA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEFA	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB2FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fc',
    500: '#72aefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aefa;
$custom-light: #a3c5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEFA

secondary

#F6E6D2

accent

#8000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEFA

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

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