#72C3EB#72C3EB

#72C3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.098 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3EB
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -13.97, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 30.81, 243.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0611 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.098 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4444, 48.6023, 85.7783)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3EB #EB9A72

analogous

#72EBD6 #72C3EB #7286EB

triadic

#72C3EB #EB72C3 #C3EB72

tetradic

#72C3EB #D672EB #EB9A72 #86EB72

square

#72C3EB #D672EB #EB9A72 #86EB72

split-complementary

#72C3EB #EB7286 #EBD672

monochromatic

#1C8EC6 #3CACE3 #72C3EB #A8DAF3 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#72C3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3EB

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3EB	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.098 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f1',
    500: '#72c3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3eb;
$custom-light: #a2d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3EB

secondary

#EFD6CA

accent

#510ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3EB

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

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