#72AFEA#72AFEA

#72AFEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFEA
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -3.48, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 35.75, 264.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0389 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.107 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1155, 40.1750, 83.6246)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFEA #EAAD72

analogous

#72EAE9 #72AFEA #7273EA

triadic

#72AFEA #EA72AF #AFEA72

tetradic

#72AFEA #E972EA #EAAD72 #73EA72

square

#72AFEA #E972EA #EAAD72 #73EA72

split-complementary

#72AFEA #EA7273 #EAE972

monochromatic

#1D72C4 #3D91E2 #72AFEA #A7CDF2 #DDEBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#72AFEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#72AFEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFEA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFEA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6f1',
    500: '#72afea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afea;
$custom-light: #a1c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73594,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFEA

secondary

#EEDCCA

accent

#710FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFEA

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

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