#72C1EF#72C1EF

#72C1EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.102 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C1EF
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -11.76, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 32.46, 248.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0575 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.102 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5837, 47.9459, 88.7077)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C1EF #EFA072

analogous

#72EFDF #72C1EF #7283EF

triadic

#72C1EF #EF72C1 #C1EF72

tetradic

#72C1EF #DF72EF #EFA072 #83EF72

square

#72C1EF #DF72EF #EFA072 #83EF72

split-complementary

#72C1EF #EF7283 #EFDF72

monochromatic

#188CCF #3BA9E9 #72C1EF #A9D9F5 #E0F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#72C1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C1EF

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C1EF	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.102 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d3f4',
    500: '#72c1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c1ef;
$custom-light: #a2d3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.08,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77765,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C1EF

secondary

#F1DACC

accent

#570ADC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C1EF

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

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