#72AEFC#72AEFC

#72AEFC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEFC
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 252)
HSL	hsl(214, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 31%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 2.50, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 44.66, 273.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0325 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.13 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6400, 40.8746, 97.8772)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEFC #FCC072

analogous

#72F3FC #72AEFC #7B72FC

triadic

#72AEFC #FC72AE #AEFC72

tetradic

#72AEFC #FC72F3 #FCC072 #72FC7B

square

#72AEFC #FC72F3 #FCC072 #72FC7B

split-complementary

#72AEFC #FC7B72 #F3FC72

monochromatic

#056BEF #368CFB #72AEFC #AED0FD #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AEFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#72AEFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEFC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEFC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aefc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 255.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aefc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74234,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEFC

secondary

#F6E7D3

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEFC

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

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