#72C4EF#72C4EF

#72C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.101 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C4EF
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -13.35, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 31.90, 245.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0608 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.101 233)
XYZ	xyz(42.2536, 49.2857, 88.9310)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C4EF #EF9D72

analogous

#72EFDC #72C4EF #7286EF

triadic

#72C4EF #EF72C4 #C4EF72

tetradic

#72C4EF #DC72EF #EF9D72 #86EF72

square

#72C4EF #DC72EF #EF9D72 #86EF72

split-complementary

#72C4EF #EF7286 #EFDC72

monochromatic

#1890CF #3BADE9 #72C4EF #A9DBF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#72C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C4EF

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C4EF	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.101 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d5f4',
    500: '#72c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c4ef;
$custom-light: #a2d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.64,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.49289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C4EF

secondary

#F1D9CC

accent

#520ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C4EF

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