#72C2EF#72C2EF

#72C2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.102 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C2EF
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -12.29, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 32.26, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0586 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.102 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8055, 48.3895, 88.7817)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C2EF #EF9F72

analogous

#72EFDE #72C2EF #7284EF

triadic

#72C2EF #EF72C2 #C2EF72

tetradic

#72C2EF #DE72EF #EF9F72 #84EF72

square

#72C2EF #DE72EF #EF9F72 #84EF72

split-complementary

#72C2EF #EF7284 #EFDE72

monochromatic

#188DCF #3BAAE9 #72C2EF #A9DAF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#72C2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#72C2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C2EF

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C2EF	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.102 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d4f4',
    500: '#72c2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c2ef;
$custom-light: #a2d4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77986,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C2EF

secondary

#F1D9CC

accent

#550ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C2EF

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

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