#72AFF4#72AFF4

#72AFF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFF4
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 244)
HSL	hsl(212, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -0.49, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 40.38, 269.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0359 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.119 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5928, 40.7659, 91.4053)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFF4 #F4B772

analogous

#72F0F4 #72AFF4 #7672F4

triadic

#72AFF4 #F472AF #AFF472

tetradic

#72AFF4 #F472F0 #F4B772 #72F476

square

#72AFF4 #F472F0 #F4B772 #72F476

split-complementary

#72AFF4 #F47672 #F0F472

monochromatic

#1170DB #398FF0 #72AFF4 #ABCFF8 #E3EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AFF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#72AFF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFF4

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFF4	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B2F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aff4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f8',
    500: '#72aff4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aff4;
$custom-light: #a2c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aff4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.846,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFF4

secondary

#F3E2CF

accent

#7A03E2

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFF4

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

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