#72AFF5#72AFF5

#72AFF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFF5
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 245)
HSL	hsl(212, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -0.19, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 40.85, 269.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0356 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.12 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7451, 40.8268, 92.2071)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFF5 #F5B872

analogous

#72F1F5 #72AFF5 #7672F5

triadic

#72AFF5 #F572AF #AFF572

tetradic

#72AFF5 #F572F1 #F5B872 #72F576

square

#72AFF5 #F572F1 #F5B872 #72F576

split-complementary

#72AFF5 #F57672 #F1F572

monochromatic

#106FDD #398FF1 #72AFF5 #ABCFF9 #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AFF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#72AFF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFF5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFF5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f8',
    500: '#72aff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aff5;
$custom-light: #a2c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.061,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFF5

secondary

#F3E3CF

accent

#7A02E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFF5

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

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