#72C2EC#72C2EC

#72C2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.099 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2EC
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -13.15, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 31.28, 245.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0597 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.099 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3660, 48.2137, 86.4669)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2EC #EC9C72

analogous

#72ECD9 #72C2EC #7285EC

triadic

#72C2EC #EC72C2 #C2EC72

tetradic

#72C2EC #D972EC #EC9C72 #85EC72

square

#72C2EC #D972EC #EC9C72 #85EC72

split-complementary

#72C2EC #EC7285 #ECD972

monochromatic

#1B8DC9 #3CABE5 #72C2EC #A8D9F3 #DEF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#72C2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2EC

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2EC	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.099 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f2',
    500: '#72c2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ec;
$custom-light: #a2d4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77862,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2EC

secondary

#EFD7CB

accent

#530DD8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2EC

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

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