#72AFE7#72AFE7

#72AFE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFE7
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -4.36, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 34.41, 262.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0398 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.103 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6881, 40.0041, 81.3740)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFE7 #E7AA72

analogous

#72E7E4 #72AFE7 #7274E7

triadic

#72AFE7 #E772AF #AFE772

tetradic

#72AFE7 #E472E7 #E7AA72 #74E772

square

#72AFE7 #E472E7 #E7AA72 #74E772

split-complementary

#72AFE7 #E77274 #E7E472

monochromatic

#2073BE #3E91DE #72AFE7 #A6CDF0 #DBEAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72AFE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#72AFE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFE7

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFE7	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ee',
    500: '#72afe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afe7;
$custom-light: #a1c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.718,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFE7

secondary

#EDDAC8

accent

#6F13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFE7

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

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