#72C5EA#72C5EA

#72C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.097 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5EA
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -15.30, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 30.27, 239.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0637 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.097 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7514, 49.4469, 85.1700)
Luminance	0.4945 (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

#72C5EA #EA9772

analogous

#72EAD3 #72C5EA #7289EA

triadic

#72C5EA #EA72C5 #C5EA72

tetradic

#72C5EA #D372EA #EA9772 #89EA72

square

#72C5EA #D372EA #EA9772 #89EA72

split-complementary

#72C5EA #EA7289 #EAD372

monochromatic

#1D91C4 #3DAFE2 #72C5EA #A7DBF2 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#72C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#72C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5EA

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5EA	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.097 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6f0',
    500: '#72c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5ea;
$custom-light: #a2d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5EA

secondary

#EED5CA

accent

#4D0FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5EA

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

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