#72C3EE#72C3EE

#72C3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.100 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3EE
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -13.11, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 31.75, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0601 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.1 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8815, 48.7771, 88.0802)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3EE #EE9D72

analogous

#72EEDB #72C3EE #7285EE

triadic

#72C3EE #EE72C3 #C3EE72

tetradic

#72C3EE #DB72EE #EE9D72 #85EE72

square

#72C3EE #DB72EE #EE9D72 #85EE72

split-complementary

#72C3EE #EE7285 #EEDB72

monochromatic

#198ECD #3BACE7 #72C3EE #A9DAF5 #DFF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#72C3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3EE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3EE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.100 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f3',
    500: '#72c3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ee;
$custom-light: #a2d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.806,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78167,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3EE

secondary

#F0D8CC

accent

#530BDB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3EE

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

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