#72AFFD#72AFFD

#72AFFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFFD
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 253)
HSL	hsl(214, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 2.24, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 44.70, 272.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0333 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.13 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9928, 41.3259, 98.7787)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFFD #FDC072

analogous

#72F5FD #72AFFD #7B72FD

triadic

#72AFFD #FD72AF #AFFD72

tetradic

#72AFFD #FD72F5 #FDC072 #72FD7B

square

#72AFFD #FD72F5 #FDC072 #72FD7B

split-complementary

#72AFFD #FD7B72 #F5FD72

monochromatic

#036CF1 #368DFC #72AFFD #AED1FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#72AFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#72AFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFFD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFFD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72affd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6fe',
    500: '#72affd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72affd;
$custom-light: #a3c6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72affd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.669,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFFD

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFFD

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

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