#72C3EA#72C3EA

#72C3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.097 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3EA
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -14.25, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 30.52, 242.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0615 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.097 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3003, 48.5447, 85.0196)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3EA #EA9972

analogous

#72EAD5 #72C3EA #7287EA

triadic

#72C3EA #EA72C3 #C3EA72

tetradic

#72C3EA #D572EA #EA9972 #87EA72

square

#72C3EA #D572EA #EA9972 #87EA72

split-complementary

#72C3EA #EA7287 #EAD572

monochromatic

#1D8EC4 #3DACE2 #72C3EA #A7DAF2 #DDF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#72C3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3EA

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3EA	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.097 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f0',
    500: '#72c3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ea;
$custom-light: #a2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78003,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3EA

secondary

#EED6CA

accent

#500FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3EA

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

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