#72C4E5#72C4E5

#72C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.093 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E5
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -16.18, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 29.05, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0644 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.093 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8169, 48.7110, 81.3648)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E5 #E59372

analogous

#72E5CC #72C4E5 #728BE5

triadic

#72C4E5 #E572C4 #C4E572

tetradic

#72C4E5 #CC72E5 #E59372 #8BE572

square

#72C4E5 #CC72E5 #E59372 #8BE572

split-complementary

#72C4E5 #E5728B #E5CC72

monochromatic

#228FBA #3EAEDB #72C4E5 #A6DAEF #D9EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#72C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E5

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E5	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FCECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.093 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d6ed',
    500: '#72c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e5;
$custom-light: #a1d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78027,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E5

secondary

#ECD2C7

accent

#4B15D1

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E5

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

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