#72C4E3#72C4E3

#72C4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.091 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E3
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -16.74, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 28.57, 234.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0651 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.091 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5393, 48.6000, 79.9026)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E3 #E39172

analogous

#72E3CA #72C4E3 #728CE3

triadic

#72C4E3 #E372C4 #C4E372

tetradic

#72C4E3 #CA72E3 #E39172 #8CE372

square

#72C4E3 #CA72E3 #E39172 #8CE372

split-complementary

#72C4E3 #E3728C #E3CA72

monochromatic

#248EB6 #3FAFD9 #72C4E3 #A5D9ED #D8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#72C4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E3

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E3	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)

#B3C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.091 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6eb',
    500: '#72c4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e3;
$custom-light: #a1d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.46,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77949,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E3

secondary

#EAD0C6

accent

#4917CF

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E3

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

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