#72AFEF#72AFEF

#72AFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFEF
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -1.99, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 38.04, 267.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0373 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.113 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8439, 40.4664, 87.4612)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFEF #EFB272

analogous

#72EEEF #72AFEF #7472EF

triadic

#72AFEF #EF72AF #AFEF72

tetradic

#72AFEF #EF72EE #EFB272 #72EF74

square

#72AFEF #EF72EE #EFB272 #72EF74

split-complementary

#72AFEF #EF7472 #EEEF72

monochromatic

#1871CF #3B90E9 #72AFEF #A9CEF5 #E0EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#72AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFEF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFEF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f4',
    500: '#72afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72afef;
$custom-light: #a2c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.72,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73825,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFEF

secondary

#F1DFCC

accent

#750ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFEF

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

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