#72AFF9#72AFF9

#72AFF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFF9
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 249)
HSL	hsl(213, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 29.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 1.02, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 42.76, 271.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0344 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.125 254)
XYZ	xyz(39.3623, 41.0737, 95.4579)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFF9 #F9BC72

analogous

#72F2F9 #72AFF9 #7872F9

triadic

#72AFF9 #F972AF #AFF972

tetradic

#72AFF9 #F972F2 #F9BC72 #72F978

square

#72AFF9 #F972F2 #F9BC72 #72F978

split-complementary

#72AFF9 #F97872 #F2F972

monochromatic

#0A6EE7 #378EF7 #72AFF9 #ADD0FB #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72AFF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#72AFF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFF9

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFF9	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6fb',
    500: '#72aff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aff9;
$custom-light: #a3c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.41077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFF9

secondary

#F5E5D2

accent

#7E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFF9

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

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