#72C4E4#72C4E4

#72C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.092 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E4
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -16.46, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 28.81, 235.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0648 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.092 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6777, 48.6553, 80.6316)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E4 #E49272

analogous

#72E4CB #72C4E4 #728BE4

triadic

#72C4E4 #E472C4 #C4E472

tetradic

#72C4E4 #CB72E4 #E49272 #8BE472

square

#72C4E4 #CB72E4 #E49272 #8BE472

split-complementary

#72C4E4 #E4728B #E4CB72

monochromatic

#238EB8 #3FAFDA #72C4E4 #A5D9EE #D9EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#72C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E4

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E4	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)

#B2C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.092 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6ec',
    500: '#72c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e4;
$custom-light: #a1d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E4

secondary

#EBD1C7

accent

#4A16D0

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E4

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

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