#72AEFB#72AEFB

#72AEFB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEFB
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 251)
HSL	hsl(214, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 2.19, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 44.18, 272.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0328 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.129 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4820, 40.8113, 97.0449)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEFB #FBBF72

analogous

#72F2FB #72AEFB #7B72FB

triadic

#72AEFB #FB72AE #AEFB72

tetradic

#72AEFB #FB72F2 #FBBF72 #72FB7B

square

#72AEFB #FB72F2 #FBBF72 #72FB7B

split-complementary

#72AEFB #FB7B72 #F2FB72

monochromatic

#076BEC #368CF9 #72AEFB #AED0FD #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#72AEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEFB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEFB	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB2FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA5F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fd',
    500: '#72aefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aefb;
$custom-light: #a3c5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.723,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74185,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEFB

secondary

#F6E7D3

accent

#8100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEFB

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

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