#72C4EA#72C4EA

#72C4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.097 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4EA
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -14.77, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 30.39, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0626 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.097 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5251, 48.9943, 85.0945)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4EA #EA9872

analogous

#72EAD4 #72C4EA #7288EA

triadic

#72C4EA #EA72C4 #C4EA72

tetradic

#72C4EA #D472EA #EA9872 #88EA72

square

#72C4EA #D472EA #EA9872 #88EA72

split-complementary

#72C4EA #EA7288 #EAD472

monochromatic

#1D8FC4 #3DAEE2 #72C4EA #A7DAF2 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#72C4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4EA

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4EA	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.097 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f0',
    500: '#72c4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4ea;
$custom-light: #a2d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78226,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4EA

secondary

#EED5CA

accent

#4E0FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4EA

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

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