#72C2E8#72C2E8

#72C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.096 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2E8
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -14.29, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 30.06, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0611 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.096 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7913, 47.9838, 83.4405)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2E8 #E89872

analogous

#72E8D3 #72C2E8 #7287E8

triadic

#72C2E8 #E872C2 #C2E872

tetradic

#72C2E8 #D372E8 #E89872 #87E872

square

#72C2E8 #D372E8 #E89872 #87E872

split-complementary

#72C2E8 #E87287 #E8D372

monochromatic

#1F8CC0 #3DABDF #72C2E8 #A7D9F1 #DBF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#72C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2E8

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2E8	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CCDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.096 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4ef',
    500: '#72c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2e8;
$custom-light: #a2d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.322,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77699,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2E8

secondary

#EDD4C9

accent

#5011D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2E8

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

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