#72AFFE#72AFFE

#72AFFE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFFE
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 254)
HSL	hsl(214, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 2.55, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 45.18, 273.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0331 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.131 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1525, 41.3898, 99.6198)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFFE #FEC172

analogous

#72F5FE #72AFFE #7B72FE

triadic

#72AFFE #FE72AF #AFFE72

tetradic

#72AFFE #FE72F5 #FEC172 #72FE7B

square

#72AFFE #FE72F5 #FEC172 #72FE7B

split-complementary

#72AFFE #FE7B72 #F5FE72

monochromatic

#026BF4 #358DFE #72AFFE #AFD1FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72AFFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#72AFFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFFE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFFE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72affe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6ff',
    500: '#72affe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72affe;
$custom-light: #a3c6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72affe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.857,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFFE

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFFE

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

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