#72C2EA#72C2EA

#72C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.097 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2EA
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -13.73, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 30.66, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0604 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.097 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0770, 48.0981, 84.9452)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2EA #EA9A72

analogous

#72EAD6 #72C2EA #7286EA

triadic

#72C2EA #EA72C2 #C2EA72

tetradic

#72C2EA #D672EA #EA9A72 #86EA72

square

#72C2EA #D672EA #EA9A72 #86EA72

split-complementary

#72C2EA #EA7286 #EAD672

monochromatic

#1D8DC4 #3DABE2 #72C2EA #A7D9F2 #DDF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#72C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2EA

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2EA	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ACDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.097 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f0',
    500: '#72c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ea;
$custom-light: #a2d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7778,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2EA

secondary

#EED6CA

accent

#520FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2EA

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

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