#72C5EE#72C5EE

#72C5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.100 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5EE
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -14.16, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 31.43, 243.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0623 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.1 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3326, 49.6794, 88.2306)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5EE #EE9B72

analogous

#72EED9 #72C5EE #7287EE

triadic

#72C5EE #EE72C5 #C5EE72

tetradic

#72C5EE #D972EE #EE9B72 #87EE72

square

#72C5EE #D972EE #EE9B72 #87EE72

split-complementary

#72C5EE #EE7287 #EED972

monochromatic

#1991CD #3BAFE7 #72C5EE #A9DBF5 #DFF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#72C5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5EE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5EE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.100 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6f3',
    500: '#72c5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5ee;
$custom-light: #a2d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.839,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78611,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5EE

secondary

#F0D8CC

accent

#500BDB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5EE

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

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