#72AFE2#72AFE2

#72AFE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFE2
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -5.82, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 32.24, 259.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0414 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.098 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9920, 39.7256, 77.7079)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFE2 #E2A572

analogous

#72E2DD #72AFE2 #7277E2

triadic

#72AFE2 #E272AF #AFE272

tetradic

#72AFE2 #DD72E2 #E2A572 #77E272

square

#72AFE2 #DD72E2 #E2A572 #77E272

split-complementary

#72AFE2 #E27277 #E2DD72

monochromatic

#2573B4 #3F92D8 #72AFE2 #A5CCEC #D8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#72AFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#72AFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFE2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFE2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6eb',
    500: '#72afe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afe2;
$custom-light: #a1c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.321,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFE2

secondary

#EAD6C6

accent

#6B18CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFE2

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

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