#72C4E9#72C4E9

#72C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.096 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4E9
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -15.06, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 30.11, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.063 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.096 229)
XYZ	xyz(41.3819, 48.9370, 84.3401)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4E9 #E99772

analogous

#72E9D2 #72C4E9 #7289E9

triadic

#72C4E9 #E972C4 #C4E972

tetradic

#72C4E9 #D272E9 #E99772 #89E972

square

#72C4E9 #D272E9 #E99772 #89E972

split-complementary

#72C4E9 #E97289 #E9D272

monochromatic

#1E8FC2 #3DAEE1 #72C4E9 #A7DAF1 #DCF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#72C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#72C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4E9

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4E9	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ACFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.096 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f0',
    500: '#72c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4e9;
$custom-light: #a2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78186,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.4894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4E9

secondary

#EED5C9

accent

#4E10D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4E9

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

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