#72C0EA#72C0EA

#72C0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.098 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0EA
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -12.67, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 30.98, 245.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0581 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.098 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6349, 47.2138, 84.7978)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0EA #EA9C72

analogous

#72EAD8 #72C0EA #7284EA

triadic

#72C0EA #EA72C0 #C0EA72

tetradic

#72C0EA #D872EA #EA9C72 #84EA72

square

#72C0EA #D872EA #EA9C72 #84EA72

split-complementary

#72C0EA #EA7284 #EAD872

monochromatic

#1D8AC4 #3DA8E2 #72C0EA #A7D8F2 #DDF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#72C0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#72C0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0EA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0EA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.098 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3f0',
    500: '#72c0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0ea;
$custom-light: #a2d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0EA

secondary

#EED6CA

accent

#550FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0EA

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

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