#72AFE6#72AFE6

#72AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFE6
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -4.66, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 33.97, 262.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0401 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.102 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5473, 39.9477, 80.6323)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFE6 #E6A972

analogous

#72E6E3 #72AFE6 #7275E6

triadic

#72AFE6 #E672AF #AFE672

tetradic

#72AFE6 #E372E6 #E6A972 #75E672

square

#72AFE6 #E372E6 #E6A972 #75E672

split-complementary

#72AFE6 #E67275 #E6E372

monochromatic

#2173BC #3E92DD #72AFE6 #A6CCEF #DAEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#72AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFE6

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFE6	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ee',
    500: '#72afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afe6;
$custom-light: #a1c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.448,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFE6

secondary

#ECD9C8

accent

#6E14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFE6

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

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