#72C4E8#72C4E8

#72C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.095 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E8
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -15.34, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 29.83, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0633 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.095 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2394, 48.8800, 83.5899)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E8 #E89672

analogous

#72E8D1 #72C4E8 #7289E8

triadic

#72C4E8 #E872C4 #C4E872

tetradic

#72C4E8 #D172E8 #E89672 #89E872

square

#72C4E8 #D172E8 #E89672 #89E872

split-complementary

#72C4E8 #E87289 #E8D172

monochromatic

#1F8FC0 #3DAEDF #72C4E8 #A7DAF1 #DBF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#72C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E8

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E8	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BCED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.095 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5ef',
    500: '#72c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e8;
$custom-light: #a2d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78146,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E8

secondary

#EDD4C9

accent

#4D11D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E8

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

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