#72C3EF#72C3EF

#72C3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.101 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C3EF
RGB	rgb(114, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -12.82, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 32.07, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0597 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.101 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0288, 48.8361, 88.8561)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C3EF #EF9E72

analogous

#72EFDD #72C3EF #7285EF

triadic

#72C3EF #EF72C3 #C3EF72

tetradic

#72C3EF #DD72EF #EF9E72 #85EF72

square

#72C3EF #DD72EF #EF9E72 #85EF72

split-complementary

#72C3EF #EF7285 #EFDD72

monochromatic

#188ECF #3BACE9 #72C3EF #A9DAF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#72C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C3EF

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C3EF	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.101 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f4',
    500: '#72c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c3ef;
$custom-light: #a2d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.12,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78208,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C3EF

secondary

#F1D9CC

accent

#540ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C3EF

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

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