#72C4EB#72C4EB

#72C4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4EB
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -14.49, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 30.68, 241.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0622 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.098 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6692, 49.0519, 85.8533)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4EB #EB9972

analogous

#72EBD5 #72C4EB #7287EB

triadic

#72C4EB #EB72C4 #C4EB72

tetradic

#72C4EB #D572EB #EB9972 #87EB72

square

#72C4EB #D572EB #EB9972 #87EB72

split-complementary

#72C4EB #EB7287 #EBD572

monochromatic

#1C90C6 #3CAEE3 #72C4EB #A8DAF3 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#72C4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4EB

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4EB	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f1',
    500: '#72c4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4eb;
$custom-light: #a2d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78267,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4EB

secondary

#EFD6CA

accent

#4F0ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4EB

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