#72AFE9#72AFE9

#72AFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFE9
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -3.77, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 35.30, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0392 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.106 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9722, 40.1177, 82.8702)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFE9 #E9AC72

analogous

#72E9E8 #72AFE9 #7273E9

triadic

#72AFE9 #E972AF #AFE972

tetradic

#72AFE9 #E872E9 #E9AC72 #73E972

square

#72AFE9 #E872E9 #E9AC72 #73E972

split-complementary

#72AFE9 #E97273 #E9E872

monochromatic

#1E72C2 #3D91E1 #72AFE9 #A7CDF1 #DCEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72AFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#72AFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFE9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFE9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6f0',
    500: '#72afe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afe9;
$custom-light: #a1c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.244,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73549,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFE9

secondary

#EEDBC9

accent

#7010D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFE9

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

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