#72C6EC#72C6EC

#72C6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.098 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C6EC
RGB	rgb(114, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -15.25, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 30.72, 240.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0641 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.098 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2682, 50.0181, 86.7677)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C6EC #EC9872

analogous

#72ECD5 #72C6EC #7289EC

triadic

#72C6EC #EC72C6 #C6EC72

tetradic

#72C6EC #D572EC #EC9872 #89EC72

square

#72C6EC #D572EC #EC9872 #89EC72

split-complementary

#72C6EC #EC7289 #ECD572

monochromatic

#1B93C9 #3CB0E5 #72C6EC #A8DCF3 #DEF2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#72C6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#72C6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C6EC

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C6EC	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.098 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d7f2',
    500: '#72c6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c6ec;
$custom-light: #a2d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78753,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C6EC

secondary

#C4683E

accent

#4C0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C6EC

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

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