#72AFEB#72AFEB

#72AFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFEB
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -3.18, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 36.20, 264.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0385 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.108 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2595, 40.2326, 84.3834)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFEB #EBAE72

analogous

#72EBEA #72AFEB #7272EB

triadic

#72AFEB #EB72AF #AFEB72

tetradic

#72AFEB #EA72EB #EBAE72 #72EB72

square

#72AFEB #EA72EB #EBAE72 #72EB72

split-complementary

#72AFEB #EB7272 #EBEA72

monochromatic

#1C72C6 #3C91E3 #72AFEB #A8CDF3 #DDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#72AFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#72AFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFEB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFEB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 249.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.752,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFEB

secondary

#EFDCCA

accent

#720ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFEB

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

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