#72C2E6#72C2E6

#72C2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2E6
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -14.86, -25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 29.49, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0618 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.094 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5089, 47.8708, 81.9529)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2E6 #E69672

analogous

#72E6D0 #72C2E6 #7288E6

triadic

#72C2E6 #E672C2 #C2E672

tetradic

#72C2E6 #D072E6 #E69672 #88E672

square

#72C2E6 #D072E6 #E69672 #88E672

split-complementary

#72C2E6 #E67288 #E6D072

monochromatic

#218CBC #3EACDD #72C2E6 #A6D8EF #DAEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72C2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#72C2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2E6

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2E6	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d4ee',
    500: '#72c2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2e6;
$custom-light: #a1d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77619,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2E6

secondary

#ECD3C8

accent

#4F14D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2E6

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

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