#72C3EC#72C3EC

#72C3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.099 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3EC
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -13.68, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 31.12, 243.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0608 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.099 232)
XYZ	xyz(41.5893, 48.6603, 86.5413)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3EC #EC9B72

analogous

#72ECD8 #72C3EC #7286EC

triadic

#72C3EC #EC72C3 #C3EC72

tetradic

#72C3EC #D872EC #EC9B72 #86EC72

square

#72C3EC #D872EC #EC9B72 #86EC72

split-complementary

#72C3EC #EC7286 #ECD872

monochromatic

#1B8EC9 #3CACE5 #72C3EC #A8DAF3 #DEF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#72C3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3EC

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3EC	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.099 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f2',
    500: '#72c3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ec;
$custom-light: #a2d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.164,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78085,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.48664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3EC

secondary

#EFD7CB

accent

#510DD8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3EC

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

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