#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
RGBrgb(114, 196, 235)
HSLhsl(199, 75%, 68%)
HSVhsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(51.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.48, -14.49, -27.04)
CIE-LCHlch(75.48, 30.68, 241.81°)
OKLaboklab(78.27% -0.0622 -0.0751)
OKLCHoklch(78.27% 0.098 230.4)
XYZxyz(41.6692, 49.0519, 85.8533)
Luminance0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##72C4EB1.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

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

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#72C4EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva