#72AFF6#72AFF6

#72AFF6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFF6
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 246)
HSL	hsl(212, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 0.11, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 41.33, 270.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0353 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.121 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8981, 40.8880, 93.0133)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFF6 #F6B972

analogous

#72F1F6 #72AFF6 #7772F6

triadic

#72AFF6 #F672AF #AFF672

tetradic

#72AFF6 #F672F1 #F6B972 #72F677

square

#72AFF6 #F672F1 #F6B972 #72F677

split-complementary

#72AFF6 #F67772 #F1F672

monochromatic

#0E6FDF #388EF2 #72AFF6 #ACD0FA #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72AFF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#72AFF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFF6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFF6	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B2F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aff6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6f9',
    500: '#72aff6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aff6;
$custom-light: #a2c6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aff6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.273,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFF6

secondary

#F4E3D0

accent

#7B01E5

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFF6

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

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