#72AFFA#72AFFA

#72AFFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFFA
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 250)
HSL	hsl(213, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 30%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 1.33, -43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 43.24, 271.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0342 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.126 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5187, 41.1363, 96.2815)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFFA #FABD72

analogous

#72F3FA #72AFFA #7972FA

triadic

#72AFFA #FA72AF #AFFA72

tetradic

#72AFFA #FA72F3 #FABD72 #72FA79

square

#72AFFA #FA72F3 #FABD72 #72FA79

split-complementary

#72AFFA #FA7972 #F3FA72

monochromatic

#086DE9 #378DF8 #72AFFA #ADD1FC #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#72AFFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#72AFFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFFA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFFA	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B3FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA6F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72affa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6fc',
    500: '#72affa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72affa;
$custom-light: #a3c6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72affa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.088,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74349,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFFA

secondary

#F6E6D2

accent

#7F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFFA

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

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