#72C0ED#72C0ED

#72C0ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.101 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C0ED
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 19%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -11.81, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 31.98, 248.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0571 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.101 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0695, 47.3877, 87.0868)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C0ED #ED9F72

analogous

#72EDDC #72C0ED #7283ED

triadic

#72C0ED #ED72C0 #C0ED72

tetradic

#72C0ED #DC72ED #ED9F72 #83ED72

square

#72C0ED #DC72ED #ED9F72 #83ED72

split-complementary

#72C0ED #ED7283 #EDDC72

monochromatic

#1A8ACB #3CA8E6 #72C0ED #A8D8F4 #DFF0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#72C0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#72C0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C0ED

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C0ED	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.101 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3f3',
    500: '#72c0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c0ed;
$custom-light: #a2d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.951,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7746,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C0ED

secondary

#F0D9CB

accent

#570CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C0ED

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

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