#72C2E5#72C2E5

#72C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.093 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2E5
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -15.14, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 29.22, 238.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0621 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.093 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3688, 47.8148, 81.2154)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2E5 #E59572

analogous

#72E5CF #72C2E5 #7289E5

triadic

#72C2E5 #E572C2 #C2E572

tetradic

#72C2E5 #CF72E5 #E59572 #89E572

square

#72C2E5 #CF72E5 #E59572 #89E572

split-complementary

#72C2E5 #E57289 #E5CF72

monochromatic

#228CBA #3EACDB #72C2E5 #A6D8EF #D9EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#72C2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2E5

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2E5	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.093 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d4ed',
    500: '#72c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2e5;
$custom-light: #a1d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77579,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2E5

secondary

#ECD2C7

accent

#4E15D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2E5

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

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