#72C5EF#72C5EF

#72C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.101 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C5EF
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -13.87, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 31.73, 244.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0619 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.101 232)
XYZ	xyz(42.4799, 49.7383, 89.0065)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C5EF #EF9C72

analogous

#72EFDB #72C5EF #7287EF

triadic

#72C5EF #EF72C5 #C5EF72

tetradic

#72C5EF #DB72EF #EF9C72 #87EF72

square

#72C5EF #DB72EF #EF9C72 #87EF72

split-complementary

#72C5EF #EF7287 #EFDB72

monochromatic

#1891CF #3BAEE9 #72C5EF #A9DCF5 #E0F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#72C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#72C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C5EF

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C5EF	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.101 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d6f4',
    500: '#72c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c5ef;
$custom-light: #a2d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.16,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.49742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C5EF

secondary

#F1D8CC

accent

#500ADC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C5EF

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

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