#72AFEE#72AFEE

#72AFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFEE
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -2.29, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 37.57, 266.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0376 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.112 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6966, 40.4074, 86.6853)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFEE #EEB172

analogous

#72EDEE #72AFEE #7372EE

triadic

#72AFEE #EE72AF #AFEE72

tetradic

#72AFEE #EE72ED #EEB172 #72EE73

square

#72AFEE #EE72ED #EEB172 #72EE73

split-complementary

#72AFEE #EE7372 #EDEE72

monochromatic

#1971CD #3B90E7 #72AFEE #A9CEF5 #DFEDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72AFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#72AFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFEE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFEE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f3',
    500: '#72afee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afee;
$custom-light: #a2c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.484,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFEE

secondary

#F0DECC

accent

#740BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFEE

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

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