#72C2EB#72C2EB

#72C2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.098 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2EB
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -13.44, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 30.97, 244.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.06 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.098 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2211, 48.1557, 85.7039)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2EB #EB9B72

analogous

#72EBD8 #72C2EB #7285EB

triadic

#72C2EB #EB72C2 #C2EB72

tetradic

#72C2EB #D872EB #EB9B72 #85EB72

square

#72C2EB #D872EB #EB9B72 #85EB72

split-complementary

#72C2EB #EB7285 #EBD872

monochromatic

#1C8DC6 #3CABE3 #72C2EB #A8D9F3 #DDF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72C2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#72C2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2EB

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2EB	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.098 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f1',
    500: '#72c2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2eb;
$custom-light: #a2d4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.331,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2EB

secondary

#EFD7CA

accent

#520ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2EB

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

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