#72C2EE#72C2EE

#72C2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.101 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2EE
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -12.58, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 31.93, 246.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.059 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.101 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6581, 48.3305, 88.0058)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2EE #EE9E72

analogous

#72EEDC #72C2EE #7284EE

triadic

#72C2EE #EE72C2 #C2EE72

tetradic

#72C2EE #DC72EE #EE9E72 #84EE72

square

#72C2EE #DC72EE #EE9E72 #84EE72

split-complementary

#72C2EE #EE7284 #EEDC72

monochromatic

#198DCD #3BAAE7 #72C2EE #A9DAF5 #DFF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#72C2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2EE

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2EE	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.101 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f3',
    500: '#72c2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ee;
$custom-light: #a2d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77945,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2EE

secondary

#F0D9CC

accent

#550BDB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →