#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
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -15.01, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 30.55, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0634 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.097 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8955, 49.5046, 85.9287)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##72C5EB	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5EB

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