#72AFFF#72AFFF

#72AFFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AFFF
RGB	rgb(114, 175, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 2.86, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 45.67, 273.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0328 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.133 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3131, 41.4540, 100.4654)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AFFF #FFC272

analogous

#72F5FF #72AFFF #7C72FF

triadic

#72AFFF #FF72AF #AFFF72

tetradic

#72AFFF #FF72F5 #FFC272 #72FF7C

square

#72AFFF #FF72F5 #FFC272 #72FF7C

split-complementary

#72AFFF #FF7C72 #F5FF72

monochromatic

#006BF7 #358CFF #72AFFF #AFD2FF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#72AFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#72AFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AFFF

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AFFF	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72afff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 175, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 255.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72afff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.043,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74595,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AFFF

secondary

#F7E8D4

accent

#8200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AFFF

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

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