#72C4E2#72C4E2

#72C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.091 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E2
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -17.02, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 28.34, 233.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0655 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.091 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4017, 48.5449, 79.1778)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E2 #E29072

analogous

#72E2C8 #72C4E2 #728CE2

triadic

#72C4E2 #E272C4 #C4E272

tetradic

#72C4E2 #C872E2 #E29072 #8CE272

square

#72C4E2 #C872E2 #E29072 #8CE272

split-complementary

#72C4E2 #E2728C #E2C872

monochromatic

#258EB4 #3FAFD8 #72C4E2 #A5D9EC #D8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#72C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E2

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E2	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)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.091 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6eb',
    500: '#72c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e2;
$custom-light: #a1d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7791,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E2

secondary

#EAD0C6

accent

#4918CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E2

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

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