#72C4EC#72C4EC

#72C4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4EC
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -14.21, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 30.97, 242.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0619 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.098 231)
XYZ	xyz(41.8141, 49.1099, 86.6163)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4EC #EC9A72

analogous

#72ECD7 #72C4EC #7287EC

triadic

#72C4EC #EC72C4 #C4EC72

tetradic

#72C4EC #D772EC #EC9A72 #87EC72

square

#72C4EC #D772EC #EC9A72 #87EC72

split-complementary

#72C4EC #EC7287 #ECD772

monochromatic

#1B90C9 #3CADE5 #72C4EC #A8DBF3 #DEF1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#72C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4EC

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4EC	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f2',
    500: '#72c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4ec;
$custom-light: #a2d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.49113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4EC

secondary

#EFD7CB

accent

#500DD8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4EC

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

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