#72AFE8#72AFE8

#72AFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFE8
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -4.07, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 34.85, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0395 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.105 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8298, 40.0607, 82.1200)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFE8 #E8AB72

analogous

#72E8E6 #72AFE8 #7274E8

triadic

#72AFE8 #E872AF #AFE872

tetradic

#72AFE8 #E672E8 #E8AB72 #74E872

square

#72AFE8 #E672E8 #E8AB72 #74E872

split-complementary

#72AFE8 #E87274 #E8E672

monochromatic

#1F73C0 #3D91DF #72AFE8 #A7CDF1 #DBEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72AFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#72AFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFE8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFE8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6ef',
    500: '#72afe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afe8;
$custom-light: #a1c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.983,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFE8

secondary

#EDDAC9

accent

#6F11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFE8

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

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