#72C2E7#72C2E7

#72C2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.095 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2E7
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -14.58, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 29.77, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0614 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.095 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6497, 47.9272, 82.6946)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2E7 #E79772

analogous

#72E7D1 #72C2E7 #7288E7

triadic

#72C2E7 #E772C2 #C2E772

tetradic

#72C2E7 #D172E7 #E79772 #88E772

square

#72C2E7 #D172E7 #E79772 #88E772

split-complementary

#72C2E7 #E77288 #E7D172

monochromatic

#208CBE #3EABDE #72C2E7 #A6D9F0 #DBEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#72C2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2E7

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2E7	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)

#AFBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ECCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.095 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4ee',
    500: '#72c2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2e7;
$custom-light: #a2d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.974,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77659,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2E7

secondary

#EDD4C8

accent

#4F13D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2E7

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

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