#72C4E7#72C4E7

#72C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.094 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E7
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -15.62, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 29.56, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0637 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.094 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0978, 48.8234, 82.8439)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E7 #E79572

analogous

#72E7D0 #72C4E7 #7289E7

triadic

#72C4E7 #E772C4 #C4E772

tetradic

#72C4E7 #D072E7 #E79572 #89E772

square

#72C4E7 #D072E7 #E79572 #89E772

split-complementary

#72C4E7 #E77289 #E7D072

monochromatic

#208FBE #3EAEDE #72C4E7 #A6DAF0 #DBF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#72C4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E7

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E7	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)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DCECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.094 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6ee',
    500: '#72c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e7;
$custom-light: #a2d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78106,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E7

secondary

#EDD3C8

accent

#4C13D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E7

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

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