#72C2ED#72C2ED

#72C2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.100 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2ED
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -12.87, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 31.60, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0593 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.1 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5116, 48.2719, 87.2342)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2ED #ED9D72

analogous

#72EDDB #72C2ED #7285ED

triadic

#72C2ED #ED72C2 #C2ED72

tetradic

#72C2ED #DB72ED #ED9D72 #85ED72

square

#72C2ED #DB72ED #ED9D72 #85ED72

split-complementary

#72C2ED #ED7285 #EDDB72

monochromatic

#1A8DCB #3CABE6 #72C2ED #A8D9F4 #DFF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#72C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2ED

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2ED	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.100 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f3',
    500: '#72c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ed;
$custom-light: #a2d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77903,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2ED

secondary

#F0D8CB

accent

#540CDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2ED

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

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