#72AFF8#72AFF8

#72AFF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFF8
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 248)
HSL	hsl(213, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 29.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 0.72, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 42.28, 270.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0347 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.124 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2067, 41.0115, 94.6387)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFF8 #F8BB72

analogous

#72F2F8 #72AFF8 #7872F8

triadic

#72AFF8 #F872AF #AFF872

tetradic

#72AFF8 #F872F2 #F8BB72 #72F878

square

#72AFF8 #F872F2 #F8BB72 #72F878

split-complementary

#72AFF8 #F87872 #F2F872

monochromatic

#0B6EE4 #388EF5 #72AFF8 #ACD0FB #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72AFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#72AFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFF8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFF8	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B3FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AC0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6fb',
    500: '#72aff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aff8;
$custom-light: #a3c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.687,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFF8

secondary

#F5E4D1

accent

#7D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFF8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →