#72C5EB#72C5EB

#72C5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.097 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C5EB
RGBrgb(114, 197, 235)
HSLhsl(199, 75%, 68%)
HSVhsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(51.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.76, -15.01, -26.61)
CIE-LCHlch(75.76, 30.55, 240.57°)
OKLaboklab(78.49% -0.0634 -0.0739)
OKLCHoklch(78.49% 0.097 229.4)
XYZxyz(41.8955, 49.5046, 85.9287)
Luminance0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C5EB #EB9872
analogous
#72EBD4 #72C5EB #7288EB
triadic
#72C5EB #EB72C5 #C5EB72
tetradic
#72C5EB #D472EB #EB9872 #88EB72
square
#72C5EB #D472EB #EB9872 #88EB72
split-complementary
#72C5EB #EB7288 #EBD472
monochromatic
#1C91C6 #3CAFE3 #72C5EB #A8DBF3 #DDF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#72C5EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90
#72C5EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5EB
10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C5EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C5EB1.001.9310.9010.90
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9021.001.001.00
##00000010.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2C2ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B5EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#27D0D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.097 229.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6f1',
    500: '#72c5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c5eb;
$custom-light: #a2d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7849,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C5EB
secondary
#EFD6CA
accent
#4D0ED7
background
#FAFDFE
surface
#F4FAFD
border
#CED3D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8384

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#72C5EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva