#72AFE3#72AFE3

#72AFE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFE3
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 227)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -5.53, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 32.66, 260.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0411 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.099 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1297, 39.7807, 78.4327)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFE3 #E3A672

analogous

#72E3DF #72AFE3 #7277E3

triadic

#72AFE3 #E372AF #AFE372

tetradic

#72AFE3 #DF72E3 #E3A672 #77E372

square

#72AFE3 #DF72E3 #E3A672 #77E372

split-complementary

#72AFE3 #E37277 #E3DF72

monochromatic

#2473B6 #3F92D9 #72AFE3 #A5CCED #D8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72AFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#72AFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFE3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFE3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ec',
    500: '#72afe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afe3;
$custom-light: #a1c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.611,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7328,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFE3

secondary

#EAD7C6

accent

#6B17CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFE3

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

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