#72AEFE#72AEFE

#72AEFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEFE
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 254)
HSL	hsl(214, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 3.11, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 45.64, 273.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.032 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.132 256)
XYZ	xyz(39.9586, 41.0020, 99.5552)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEFE #FEC272

analogous

#72F4FE #72AEFE #7C72FE

triadic

#72AEFE #FE72AE #AEFE72

tetradic

#72AEFE #FE72F4 #FEC272 #72FE7C

square

#72AEFE #FE72F4 #FEC272 #72FE7C

split-complementary

#72AEFE #FE7C72 #F4FE72

monochromatic

#026AF4 #358BFE #72AEFE #AFD1FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72AEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#72AEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEFE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEFE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5ff',
    500: '#72aefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aefe;
$custom-light: #a3c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.41005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEFE

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEFE

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

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