#72AEFD#72AEFD

#72AEFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEFD
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(214, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 2.80, -45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 45.15, 273.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0323 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.131 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7989, 40.9381, 98.7140)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEFD #FDC172

analogous

#72F3FD #72AEFD #7C72FD

triadic

#72AEFD #FD72AE #AEFD72

tetradic

#72AEFD #FD72F3 #FDC172 #72FD7C

square

#72AEFD #FD72F3 #FDC172 #72FD7C

split-complementary

#72AEFD #FD7C72 #F3FD72

monochromatic

#036AF1 #368BFC #72AEFD #AED1FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#72AEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEFD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEFD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5fe',
    500: '#72aefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aefd;
$custom-light: #a3c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.101,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEFD

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEFD

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

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