#72AFF2#72AFF2

#72AFF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFF2
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 242)
HSL	hsl(211, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 27.7%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -1.09, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 39.43, 268.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0365 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.116 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2908, 40.6451, 89.8147)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFF2 #F2B572

analogous

#72EFF2 #72AFF2 #7572F2

triadic

#72AFF2 #F272AF #AFF272

tetradic

#72AFF2 #F272EF #F2B572 #72F275

square

#72AFF2 #F272EF #F2B572 #72F275

split-complementary

#72AFF2 #F27572 #EFF272

monochromatic

#1470D6 #3A8FED #72AFF2 #AACFF7 #E2EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#72AFF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#72AFF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFF2

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFF2	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B2F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f6',
    500: '#72aff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aff2;
$custom-light: #a2c6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.406,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFF2

secondary

#F2E1CE

accent

#7806E0

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFF2

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

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