#72AEFF#72AEFF

#72AEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AEFF
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 3.42, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 46.13, 274.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0317 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.134 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1192, 41.0662, 100.4008)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AEFF #FFC372

analogous

#72F5FF #72AEFF #7D72FF

triadic

#72AEFF #FF72AE #AEFF72

tetradic

#72AEFF #FF72F5 #FFC372 #72FF7D

square

#72AEFF #FF72F5 #FFC372 #72FF7D

split-complementary

#72AEFF #FF7D72 #F5FF72

monochromatic

#0069F7 #358BFF #72AEFF #AFD1FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#72AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AEFF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AEFF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 256.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AEFF

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AEFF

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

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